NameTides

Shia

Shia was the #1,358 boys' name in the US in 2025 (138 babies), and #2,440 in England & Wales and #1,944 in Canada.

Shia as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Shia as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Shia as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,358 (138)#2,440 (9)#1,944 (10)
2024#1,196 (171)#2,089 (11)#2,439 (7)
2023#1,234 (159)#1,907 (12)#1,342 (15)
2022#1,300 (146)#1,534 (16)#2,229 (7)
2021#1,245 (153)#2,493 (8)#1,761 (10)
2020#1,361 (130)#2,960 (6)#1,838 (9)
2019#1,805 (85)#2,266 (9)#2,440 (6)
2018#2,017 (72)#2,693 (7)—
2017#1,612 (99)#2,734 (7)#2,198 (7)
2016#1,991 (72)#2,804 (7)—
2015#1,983 (73)#3,908 (4)#2,715 (5)
2014#1,657 (93)#2,079 (10)—
2013#1,942 (71)#3,315 (5)—
2012#2,003 (70)#2,721 (7)—
2011#1,524 (104)#2,194 (9)—

Shia as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Shia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020US
Shia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#4,172 (34)——
2024#3,013 (54)——
2023#3,329 (48)—#2,900 (6)
2022#3,220 (50)#5,670 (3)—
2021#3,112 (52)——
2020#3,221 (48)#5,493 (3)—
2019#4,260 (33)#5,591 (3)—
2018#3,559 (43)——
2017#5,045 (26)——
2016#4,157 (35)#4,096 (5)—
2015#4,981 (27)——
2014#4,003 (37)——
2013#3,573 (43)#3,536 (6)—
2012#4,387 (33)—#2,338 (8)
2011#2,909 (59)#3,549 (6)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #1,196.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1960.
  • In 2025, 20% of US babies named Shia were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 12,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 12,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 30,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare
USGirls2025about 1 in 48,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Shia is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 11,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 9,400 to 1 in 13,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Shia by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #276NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,364CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #680CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #698OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,080TXFlorida: #1,831FL
Shia (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#7165

Shia (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ShiaCanadaGirls—too few
ShiaCanadaBoys#1,94410
ShiaEngland & WalesGirls—too few
ShiaEngland & WalesBoys#2,4409
ShiaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ShiaNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ShiaUSGirls#4,17234
ShiaUSBoys#1,358138