Shia

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)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shia".

1960 2023 19602023

Key Statistics

Total Births
1,004
Peak Births
88
Peak Year
2008
First Recorded
1993
Peak Percentile
8.4%
Current Percentile
4.5%
Peak Rank
#843
Current Rank
#904
Female statistics
Total Births
1,943
Peak Births
157
Peak Year
2023
First Recorded
1960
Peak Percentile
16.7%
Current Percentile
16.7%
Peak Rank
#657
Current Rank
#759
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Shia

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Shia. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 64.4% confident that Shia is pronounced as SHEE-uh. The next most likely pronunciation is SHAI-uh, at 35.6% confidence.

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SHEE-uh (2 syllables)
Verified
64.4% confidence
SH IY1 AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Shia. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Shia, please vote using the thumbs up button.

SHAY-uh (2 syllables)
6 names 2.7k births
SH EY1 AH0
SHEE-yuh (2 syllables)
3 names 277 births
SH IY1 Y AH0

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like SH IY1 AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.