girls:
118 births since 2006
#5598 (2nd percentile)
boys:
67 births since 2008
#4519 (1st percentile)
overall:
185 births since 2006
#7554 (2nd percentile)
The name Shiah is the #7,554 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 185 recorded births since 2006. This represents the 2.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,598 (2.0% percentile) for all time with 118 births since 2006. For boys, it ranks #4,519 (1.4% percentile) for all time with 67 births since 2008.
Shiah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2006 (2006 for girls and 2008 for boys).
The name Shiah has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (63.8% of all recorded births). In 2023, 0.0% of babies named Shiah were girls.
For girls, Shiah reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #950) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2022.
For boys, Shiah reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #877) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Shiah ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 76.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shiah".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Shiah", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 13 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Shia" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Shia..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Shiah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 50.0% confident that Shiah is pronounced as SHAI-uh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHEE-uh, at 43.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like SH AY1 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.
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