Shya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Shya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
Where does Shya come from?
Modern: modern coinage
Is Shya a girl's or a boy's name?
Shya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 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, 3 girls in the UK were named Shya, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2008, with 5 girls.
2025 had more girls named Shya than any year since 2015.
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were given Shya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,977, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
- Shaya 9
- Shya 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Shya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
How popular is Shya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 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, 6 girls in the US were named Shya, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 36 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
2025 had fewer girls named Shya than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Shya in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 34 | #4,369 |
| 2008 | 28 | #5,140 |
| 2007 | 36 | #4,212 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 25 | #4,938 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
Names like Shya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha, Saanvi, Aavya, Navya, Kavya, Aadhya, Arya, Pranshi, Sanvi, Aarya, Priya, Sharvi
Other spellings of Shya
Names related to Shya
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Shya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shya, updated 20 October 2026.