How Many People Are Named Shia?
people named Shia are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 103,009 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,348 babies named Shia in Social Security records from 1960 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
225 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Shia, 32.7% were girls and 67.3% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1990s: 27% of the babies were girls then and 24.2% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shia alive today is about 11 years old, and 97% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 16 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shia first appears in the records in 1960 and was given most often in 2024, to 225 babies. In 2025, 172 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1960 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Shia has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,202, in 2024. In 2025 it ranked #1,360. Among girls, its best rank was #2,248, in 2008.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,360 | #4,257 |
| Best rank | #1,202 (2024) | #2,248 (2008) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,280 in the 2020s | #3,854 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shia were born in New York than in any other state: about 1,110 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shia was given about 10.3 times as often in New York.
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