Shia
Rank in 2025
#4172
recorded as girls
#1358
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
172
girls 34 · boys 138
Peak year
2024
171 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
3,348
since 1960
Born a Shia? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Shia was most popular in 2024, when 171 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.10 per 1,000). In 2025, 138 babies were named Shia, ranking #1358 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 67%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | 4172 | 138 | 1358 |
| 2024 | 54 | 3013 | 171 | 1196 |
| 2023 | 48 | 3329 | 159 | 1234 |
| 2022 | 50 | 3220 | 146 | 1300 |
| 2021 | 52 | 3112 | 153 | 1245 |
| 2020 | 48 | 3221 | 130 | 1361 |
| 2019 | 33 | 4260 | 85 | 1805 |
| 2018 | 43 | 3559 | 72 | 2017 |
| 2017 | 26 | 5045 | 99 | 1612 |
| 2016 | 35 | 4157 | 72 | 1991 |
| 2015 | 27 | 4981 | 73 | 1983 |
| 2014 | 37 | 4003 | 93 | 1657 |
| 2013 | 43 | 3573 | 71 | 1942 |
| 2012 | 33 | 4387 | 70 | 2003 |
| 2011 | 59 | 2909 | 104 | 1524 |
| 2010 | 59 | 2906 | 96 | 1626 |
| 2009 | 81 | 2375 | 115 | 1453 |
| 2008 | 88 | 2234 | 83 | 1792 |
| 2007 | 37 | 4131 | 40 | 2920 |
| 2006 | 27 | 5086 | 35 | 3083 |
| 2005 | 27 | 4828 | 31 | 3241 |
| 2004 | 33 | 4172 | 20 | 4264 |
| 2003 | 42 | 3412 | 25 | 3528 |
| 2002 | 19 | 5897 | 18 | 4322 |
| 2001 | 13 | 7724 | 15 | 4890 |
| 2000 | 8 | 10745 | 13 | 5297 |
| 1999 | 6 | 12688 | 20 | 3704 |
| 1998 | 7 | 11138 | 10 | 5840 |
| 1997 | 11 | 7742 | 17 | 3877 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 7 | 7136 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 8 | 6407 |
| 1994 | 7 | 10569 | 10 | 5452 |
| 1993 | 6 | 11780 | 7 | 6816 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 7 | 6670 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 7 | 6519 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 7 | 6415 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 8 | 5615 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 5 | 7270 |
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| 1960 | <5 | — | 5 | 4038 |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 33% · boys 67% across all years