# Shia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/shia/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,348 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,255 / 1,093 (33% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 184, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 59 | 2,940 |
| 2012 | 33 | 4,476 |
| 2013 | 43 | 3,637 |
| 2014 | 37 | 4,091 |
| 2015 | 27 | 5,108 |
| 2016 | 35 | 4,233 |
| 2017 | 26 | 5,167 |
| 2018 | 43 | 3,609 |
| 2019 | 33 | 4,329 |
| 2020 | 48 | 3,271 |
| 2021 | 52 | 3,153 |
| 2022 | 50 | 3,269 |
| 2023 | 48 | 3,377 |
| 2024 | 54 | 3,043 |
| 2025 | 34 | 4,258 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 104 | 1,532 |
| 2012 | 70 | 2,014 |
| 2013 | 71 | 1,960 |
| 2014 | 93 | 1,667 |
| 2015 | 73 | 1,997 |
| 2016 | 72 | 2,006 |
| 2017 | 99 | 1,620 |
| 2018 | 72 | 2,027 |
| 2019 | 85 | 1,813 |
| 2020 | 130 | 1,367 |
| 2021 | 153 | 1,252 |
| 2022 | 146 | 1,305 |
| 2023 | 159 | 1,236 |
| 2024 | 171 | 1,202 |
| 2025 | 138 | 1,360 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,079 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2,693 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,266 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2,960 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,493 |
| 2022 | 16 | 1,534 |
| 2023 | 12 | 1,906 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,088 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,440 |

## People named Shia

- Shia LaBeouf, American actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.