Shia**
#2,280 most common boys' name of all time · #5,482 across all names · 67% male / 33% female · used 1960–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#2,280
Rank overall
#5,482 of 105,966
First appeared
1960
Years on the list
40 of 146
All-time
3,348
Since 2016
1,648
Peak year
2024 #1,199
Best rank
#1,199 2024
Girls
Boys
peak 225/yr
Shia first appears in 1960. 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 | 34 | 138 | 172 | #1,360 |
| 2024 | 54 | 171 | 225 | #1,199 |
| 2023 | 48 | 159 | 207 | #1,235 |
| 2022 | 50 | 146 | 196 | #1,304 |
| 2021 | 52 | 153 | 205 | #1,248 |
| 2020 | 48 | 130 | 178 | #1,362 |
| 2019 | 33 | 85 | 118 | #1,811 |
| 2018 | 43 | 72 | 115 | #2,020 |
| 2017 | 26 | 99 | 125 | #1,617 |
| 2016 | 35 | 72 | 107 | #1,999 |
| 2015 | 27 | 73 | 100 | #1,991 |
| 2014 | 37 | 93 | 130 | #1,665 |
| 2013 | 43 | 71 | 114 | #1,950 |
| 2012 | 33 | 70 | 103 | #2,008 |
| 2011 | 59 | 104 | 163 | #1,528 |
| 2010 | 59 | 96 | 155 | #1,630 |
| 2009 | 81 | 115 | 196 | #1,455 |
| 2008 | 88 | 83 | 171 | #1,795 |
| 2007 | 37 | 40 | 77 | #2,942 |
| 2006 | 27 | 35 | 62 | #3,111 |
| 2005 | 27 | 31 | 58 | #3,275 |
| 2004 | 33 | 20 | 53 | #4,309 |
| 2003 | 42 | 25 | 67 | #3,562 |
| 2002 | 19 | 18 | 37 | #4,379 |
| 2001 | 13 | 15 | 28 | #4,970 |
| 2000 | 8 | 13 | 21 | #5,380 |
| 1999 | 6 | 20 | 26 | #3,747 |
| 1998 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #5,976 |
| 1997 | 11 | 17 | 28 | #3,946 |
| 1996 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,372 |
| 1995 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,591 |
| 1994 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #5,607 |
| 1993 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #7,082 |
| 1992 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,895 |
| 1991 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,779 |
| 1990 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,676 |
| 1989 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,876 |
| 1988 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,673 |
| 1986 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,293 |
| 1960 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,590 |