Shiah
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- SHY-uh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Shiah is a name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
Where does Shiah come from?
Hebrew: spelling of Shia; perhaps a Yiddish short form of Yeshaya (Isaiah)
Meaning borrowed from Shia. More on Wiktionary.
Is Shiah a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Shiah has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 9 boys in the US.
How popular is Shiah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Shiah, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 9 boys. It first appears in the records in 2008. 5 girls were also named Shiah in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Shiah in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 147 boys in the US were given Shiah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,187, up from #8,239 for this spelling alone.
- Shia 138
- Shiah 9
Shiah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
Names like Shiah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zamir, Musa, Asaiah, Zahir, Salem, Khaza, Zayan, Azir, Jahseh, Asiah, Azaiah, Zayd
Other spellings of Shiah
Names related to Shiah
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from 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, “Shiah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shiah, updated 20 October 2026.