Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Shia

Gender

Male

Origin

Hebrew
praise God

Pronunciation

shia

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2024 (rank #1196, 170 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1358, 138 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2008 (rank #2231, 88 births); most recent 2025 (rank #4172, 34 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
202513834
202417054
202315948
202214650
202115252
202013048
20198533
20187242
20179926
20167235

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2022 (rank #1535, 16 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2437, 9 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2013 (rank #3535, 6 births); most recent 2022 (rank #5666, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
20259–
202411–
202312–
2022163
20218–
202063
201993
20187–
20177–
201675

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 2009 (rank #554, 6 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence