Shia
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SHY-uh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,358 for boys
Shia is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 1,358th for boys in the US (138 babies).
Where does Shia come from?
Hebrew: perhaps a Yiddish short form of Yeshaya (Isaiah)
More on Wiktionary.
Is Shia a girl's or a boy's name?
Shia is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 34 girls and 138 boys in the US.
How popular is Shia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,511among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Shia, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 17 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the boys named Shia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 31% of the babies named Shia in the UK in 2010, and 15% in 2022.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Shia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,561 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
How popular is Shia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,358among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 138about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 63% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 138 boys in the US were named Shia, making it the 1,358th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,361st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 171 boys. It first appears in the records in 1960. 34 girls were also named Shia in 2025 (4,171st for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Shia than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Shia in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 147 boys in the US were given Shia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,187, up from #1,358 for this spelling alone.
- Shia 138
- Shiah 9
In 2002, 51% of the babies named Shia in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 20%, with more boys than girls since 2009.
Shia in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 138 | #1,358 |
| 2024 | 171 | #1,196 |
| 2023 | 159 | #1,234 |
| 2022 | 146 | #1,300 |
| 2021 | 153 | #1,245 |
| 2020 | 130 | #1,361 |
| 2019 | 85 | #1,805 |
| 2018 | 72 | #2,016 |
| 2017 | 99 | #1,612 |
| 2016 | 72 | #1,991 |
| 2015 | 73 | #1,983 |
| 2014 | 93 | #1,657 |
| 2013 | 71 | #1,941 |
| 2012 | 70 | #2,002 |
| 2011 | 104 | #1,524 |
| 2010 | 96 | #1,626 |
| 2009 | 115 | #1,453 |
| 2008 | 83 | #1,792 |
| 2007 | 40 | #2,918 |
| 2006 | 35 | #3,082 |
| 2005 | 31 | #3,237 |
| 2004 | 20 | #4,259 |
| 2003 | 25 | #3,523 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 20 | #3,699 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
Names like Shia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Muhammad Yahya Ibrahim Zakariya Hamza Eesa Mustafa Zayan Zayd Ayaan Arham
Other spellings of Shia
Shiah
Names related to Shia
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
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, “Shia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shia, updated 20 October 2026.