Arshia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ar-SHEE-ya
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Arshia is a girls' name of Persian origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Arshia mean?
Persian: modern Iranian name, usually linked to Arabic arsh 'throne'
Modern Iranian name, given mainly to boys in Iran.
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Is Arshia a girl's or a boy's name?
Arshia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arshia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Arshia, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2008, with 9 girls.
2025 had more girls named Arshia than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Arshia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 19 girls in the UK were given Arshia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,417, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
- Arshiya 16
- Arshia 3
In 2015, 67% of the babies named Arshia in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Arshia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
How popular is Arshia in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the boys named Arshia in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2009, 82% of the babies named Arshia in the US were girls.
Arshia in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
Names like Arshia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anaya Anvika Prisha Anya Akshara Arya Advika Aisha Arisha Avaya Aarya Saanvi
Other spellings of Arshia
Names related to Arshia
More Persian names
Jasper Esther Jasmine Casper Cyrus Yasmin Darius Zorawar Kiyan Rumi Yasmine Kasper Mahnoor Dario Arian Arman
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Arshia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arshia, updated 20 October 2026.