Shazia
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Shazia is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “rare, precious, unique”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Shazia mean?
Arabic
“rare, precious, unique”
A female given name from Arabic.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Shazia a girl's or a boy's name?
Shazia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shazia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 275% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Shazia, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 24 girls.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Shazia than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Shazia in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Shazia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 12 | #2,083 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,521 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,649 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 24 | #995 |
| 2000 | 20 | #1,105 |
| 1999 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1998 | 15 | #1,350 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,664 |
| 1996 | 24 | #924 |
How popular is Shazia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,489th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 110,000 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, 14 girls in the US were named Shazia, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 1996, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the girls named Shazia in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shazia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,054 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,820 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,281 |
| 1989 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 22 | #3,755 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,531 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,147 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,562 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,159 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
Names like Shazia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Safia, Safiya, Sumayyah, Aaliyah, Zainab, Safaa, Summer, Saba, Halima, Hiba, Ruqayyah
Names related to Shazia
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, “Shazia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shazia, updated 20 October 2026.