Shea**
#1,013 most common girls' name of all time · #1,820 across all names · 40% male / 60% female · used 1950–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#1,013
Rank overall
#1,820 of 105,966
First appeared
1950
Years on the list
75 of 146
All-time
21,102
Since 2016
3,380
Peak year
2005 #763
Best rank
#699 1997
Girls
Boys
peak 531/yr
Shea first appears in 1950. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 201 | 111 | 312 | #1,154 |
| 2024 | 201 | 120 | 321 | #1,188 |
| 2023 | 247 | 144 | 391 | #1,027 |
| 2022 | 245 | 124 | 369 | #1,044 |
| 2021 | 242 | 138 | 380 | #1,043 |
| 2020 | 207 | 112 | 319 | #1,146 |
| 2019 | 205 | 124 | 329 | #1,166 |
| 2018 | 195 | 117 | 312 | #1,211 |
| 2017 | 184 | 127 | 311 | #1,285 |
| 2016 | 234 | 102 | 336 | #1,098 |
| 2015 | 191 | 100 | 291 | #1,277 |
| 2014 | 206 | 106 | 312 | #1,189 |
| 2013 | 197 | 105 | 302 | #1,223 |
| 2012 | 171 | 127 | 298 | #1,366 |
| 2011 | 172 | 148 | 320 | #1,346 |
| 2010 | 199 | 123 | 322 | #1,219 |
| 2009 | 252 | 159 | 411 | #1,033 |
| 2008 | 278 | 133 | 411 | #966 |
| 2007 | 293 | 167 | 460 | #925 |
| 2006 | 296 | 189 | 485 | #898 |
| 2005 | 348 | 183 | 531 | #763 |
| 2004 | 329 | 195 | 524 | #785 |
| 2003 | 318 | 205 | 523 | #778 |
| 2002 | 294 | 221 | 515 | #798 |
| 2001 | 327 | 187 | 514 | #734 |
| 2000 | 321 | 163 | 484 | #725 |
| 1999 | 281 | 152 | 433 | #785 |
| 1998 | 315 | 137 | 452 | #703 |
| 1997 | 309 | 180 | 489 | #699 |
| 1996 | 286 | 155 | 441 | #739 |
| 1995 | 260 | 187 | 447 | #774 |
| 1994 | 287 | 197 | 484 | #727 |
| 1993 | 243 | 170 | 413 | #821 |
| 1992 | 272 | 178 | 450 | #765 |
| 1991 | 266 | 181 | 447 | #773 |
| 1990 | 228 | 221 | 449 | #863 |
| 1989 | 231 | 218 | 449 | #823 |
| 1988 | 253 | 245 | 498 | #745 |
| 1987 | 229 | 261 | 490 | #775 |
| 1986 | 206 | 280 | 486 | #818 |
| 1985 | 193 | 234 | 427 | #844 |
| 1984 | 179 | 257 | 436 | #859 |
| 1983 | 119 | 106 | 225 | #1,130 |
| 1982 | 132 | 108 | 240 | #1,082 |
| 1981 | 136 | 105 | 241 | #1,053 |
| 1980 | 154 | 115 | 269 | #962 |
| 1979 | 151 | 95 | 246 | #963 |
| 1978 | 130 | 102 | 232 | #1,046 |
| 1977 | 118 | 93 | 211 | #1,100 |
| 1976 | 112 | 103 | 215 | #1,089 |
| 1975 | 118 | 110 | 228 | #1,025 |
| 1974 | 155 | 102 | 257 | #851 |
| 1973 | 127 | 92 | 219 | #954 |
| 1972 | 125 | 70 | 195 | #969 |
| 1971 | 127 | 64 | 191 | #995 |
| 1970 | 114 | 71 | 185 | #1,073 |
| 1969 | 79 | 45 | 124 | #1,269 |
| 1968 | 42 | 44 | 86 | #1,850 |
| 1967 | 43 | 23 | 66 | #1,777 |
| 1966 | 36 | 15 | 51 | #1,947 |
| 1965 | 21 | 14 | 35 | #2,732 |
| 1964 | 25 | 9 | 34 | #2,522 |
| 1963 | 9 | 11 | 20 | #4,777 |
| 1962 | 11 | 11 | 22 | #4,205 |
| 1961 | 13 | 11 | 24 | #3,761 |
| 1960 | 13 | 10 | 23 | #3,658 |
| 1959 | 11 | 13 | 24 | #4,010 |
| 1958 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,806 |
| 1957 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #4,483 |
| 1956 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,767 |
| 1955 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,685 |
| 1954 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1953 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,563 |
| 1951 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,801 |
| 1950 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,735 |