Xia
Girl · SHYAH · Chinese
Xia is a girls' name of Chinese origin, meaning “summer, or rosy clouds”. In 2025 it ranked 5,098th for girls in the US (25 babies).
What does Xia mean?
Chinese: meaning depends on the character used
“summer, or rosy clouds”
Common Chinese name element; as a word it also names the Xia, China's traditional first dynasty.
- Say it
- SHYAH
Is Xia a girl's or a boy's name?
Xia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Xia in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Xia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Xia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
How popular is Xia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,098among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 64,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the US were named Xia, making it the 5,098th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,077th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 37 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
2025 had fewer girls named Xia than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Xia in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Xia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #5,098 |
| 2024 | 26 | #5,018 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,996 |
| 2022 | 35 | #4,106 |
| 2021 | 33 | #4,241 |
| 2020 | 34 | #4,077 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,922 |
| 2018 | 26 | #5,003 |
| 2017 | 30 | #4,574 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,849 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,308 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 23 | #5,708 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,689 |
| 1989 | 31 | #3,324 |
| 1988 | 25 | #3,685 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
Names like Xia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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