girls:
86 births since 1982
#5630 (1st percentile)
boys:
6 births since 2023
#4580 (0th percentile)
overall:
92 births since 1982
#7647 (1st percentile)
The name Shaia is the #7,647 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 92 recorded births since 1982. This represents the 1.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,630 (1.5% percentile) for all time with 86 births since 1982. For boys, it ranks #4,580 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 2023.
Shaia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1982 (1982 for girls and 2023 for boys). Birth data for Shaia is available in 13 out of the 42 years between 1982 and 2023 (13 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Shaia has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 93.5% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 50.0% of babies named Shaia were girls.
For girls, Shaia reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #941) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Shaia ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 69.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Shaia reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #910) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). Currently, Shaia is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #910 (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shaia".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Shaia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 61.8% confident that Shaia is pronounced as SHAI-uh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHAY-uh, at 38.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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