girls:
2.4k births since 1968
#3540 (38th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1991
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
2.4k births since 1968
#5427 (30th percentile)
The name Sia is the #5,427 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,395 recorded births since 1968. This represents the 29.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 29.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,540 (38.1% percentile) for all time with 2,390 births since 1968. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1991.
Sia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1968 (1968 for girls and 1991 for boys). Birth data for Sia is available in 51 out of the 56 years between 1968 and 2023 (51 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 Sia has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.8% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Sia reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 21.6% percentile (ranked #751) with 118 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 118 births per million (ranked 21.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1999, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Sia ranks #784 for girls (17.2% percentile) with 96 births per million, which is 81.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Sia reached its peak popularity in 1991, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #760) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 1991, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1991.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sia".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Sia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Sia is pronounced as SEE-uh, which has 2 syllables.
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