Shadia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHAH-dee-a
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Shadia is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “singer”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Shadia mean?
Arabic: from Arabic shadiya, feminine of shadi
“singer”
Shadia was the stage name of the celebrated Egyptian singer and film actress Fatma Shaker (1931-2017).
Is Shadia a girl's or a boy's name?
Shadia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shadia in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Shadia in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Shadia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,815 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Shadia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Shadia, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1986, with 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Shadia in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shadia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 24 | #4,829 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,224 |
| 1996 | 23 | #4,448 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,212 |
| 1994 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 1993 | 23 | #4,387 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,679 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,323 |
| 1990 | 19 | #4,863 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 28 | #3,388 |
| 1987 | 20 | #4,119 |
| 1986 | 31 | #2,972 |
| 1985 | 25 | #3,418 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 15 | #4,685 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,166 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,531 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,742 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,612 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
Names like Shadia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Safia, Safiya, Aaliyah, Sumayyah, Summer, Zainab, Halima, Khadija, Safaa, Saba, Hiba
Names related to Shadia
Sadia, Shahd, Sadiya, Shahad, Saida, Sada, Sadiyah, Shahida, Shaddai, Shadow, Shade, Sadi
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
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, “Shadia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shadia, updated 20 October 2026.