Sha
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SHAH
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Sha is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
Where does Sha come from?
Short form of names beginning Sha-, or a Chinese name
Is Sha a girl's or a boy's name?
Sha is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 320% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Sha, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2024, with 9 boys.
In 2025, 35 boys in the UK were given Sha or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #861, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
- Shah 31
- Sha 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Sha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
How popular is Sha in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1989, with 32 girls. It first appears in the records in 1962.
Half of all the girls named Sha in the US since 1880 were born between 1976 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1994, 84% of the babies named Sha in the US were girls.
Sha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 32 | #3,443 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,200 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,477 |
| 1991 | 31 | #3,437 |
| 1990 | 26 | #3,904 |
| 1989 | 32 | #3,247 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 22 | #3,612 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 25 | #3,340 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 25 | #3,236 |
| 1978 | 30 | #2,741 |
| 1977 | 20 | #3,611 |
| 1976 | 22 | #3,187 |
| 1975 | 21 | #3,259 |
| 1974 | 23 | #3,008 |
| 1973 | 14 | #4,154 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,299 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,532 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,491 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,417 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,197 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,538 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
Names like Sha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Pransh Jaksh Shiv Gurvansh Bhavya Dhruvansh Gursanjh Shivansh Shivay Jiyansh Vansh Avitaj
Other spellings of Sha
Names related to Sha
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, “Sha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sha, updated 20 October 2026.