girls:
1k births since 1993
#4712 (18th percentile)
boys:
1.9k births since 1960
#2848 (38th percentile)
overall:
2.9k births since 1960
#4994 (35th percentile)
The name Shia is the #4,994 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,947 recorded births since 1960. This represents the 35.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 35.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,848 (37.9% percentile) for all time with 1,943 births since 1960. For girls, it ranks #4,712 (17.5% percentile) for all time with 1,004 births since 1993.
Shia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1960 (1960 for boys and 1993 for girls). Birth data for Shia is available in 38 out of the 64 years between 1960 and 2023 (38 years for boys and 29 years for girls). 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 Shia has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (65.9% of all recorded births). In 2023, 76.6% of babies named Shia were boys.
For boys, Shia reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 16.7% percentile (ranked #759) with 86 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 86 births per million (ranked 16.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Shia is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #759 (16.7% percentile) with 86 births per million.
For girls, Shia reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 8.4% percentile (ranked #901) with 42 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 42 births per million (ranked 8.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Shia ranks #904 for girls (4.5% percentile) with 27 births per million, which is 65.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shia".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Shia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 64.4% confident that Shia is pronounced as SHEE-uh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHAI-uh, at 35.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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