# Sia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sia/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Cheah, Chia |
| US babies named this | 2,795 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 2,790 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,031, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 謝 /谢 (Siā).

## 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 | 57 | 3,011 |
| 2012 | 58 | 2,975 |
| 2013 | 69 | 2,591 |
| 2014 | 66 | 2,681 |
| 2015 | 131 | 1,642 |
| 2016 | 127 | 1,691 |
| 2017 | 136 | 1,606 |
| 2018 | 169 | 1,337 |
| 2019 | 148 | 1,489 |
| 2020 | 174 | 1,286 |
| 2021 | 166 | 1,340 |
| 2022 | 212 | 1,149 |
| 2023 | 169 | 1,343 |
| 2024 | 183 | 1,274 |
| 2025 | 215 | 1,107 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 5 | 9,425 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 26 | 1,225 |
| 2012 | 35 | 1,018 |
| 2013 | 38 | 959 |
| 2014 | 45 | 842 |
| 2015 | 45 | 831 |
| 2016 | 75 | 560 |
| 2017 | 91 | 480 |
| 2018 | 73 | 568 |
| 2019 | 58 | 670 |
| 2020 | 54 | 683 |
| 2021 | 65 | 594 |
| 2022 | 71 | 550 |
| 2023 | 67 | 574 |
| 2024 | 69 | 565 |
| 2025 | 63 | 622 |

## People named Sia

- Sia, Australian singer and songwriter (born 1975)
- Sia Figiel, contemporary Samoan novelist, poet and painter

## 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.