girls:
341 births since 1999
#5375 (6th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 2022
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
346 births since 1999
#7393 (4th percentile)
The name Shya is the #7,393 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 346 recorded births since 1999. This represents the 4.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,375 (5.9% percentile) for all time with 341 births since 1999. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 2022.
Shya first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1999 (1999 for girls and 2022 for boys). Birth data for Shya is available in 24 out of the 25 years between 1999 and 2023 (24 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 Shya has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.6% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Shya reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 3.1% percentile (ranked #956) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 17 births per million (ranked 3.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Shya ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 30.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Shya reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #924) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shya".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Shya. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Shya is pronounced as SHAI-uh, which has 2 syllables.
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