unisex name

Shiya

  • Gender Unisex
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 276

Shiya is a unisex name. It is given to both girls and boys — about 83% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 2024 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 2015, when 25 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1989.

Shiya over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1980s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2024, not a full ten years.

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Births named Shiya by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1980s 5
1990s 12
2000s 111
2010s 94
2020s (to 2024) 32

How popular is Shiya?

In 2024, Shiya was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Shiya is used

England & Wales #6,518 3 in 2019
United States #16,200 5 in 2024

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Shiya

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Shiya also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Shiya over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Shiya

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Shiya — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Shiya

How popular is the name Shiya?

In 2024, Shiya was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Shiya a girl's or a boy's name?

Shiya is used for both girls and boys. About 83% of recorded births with this name are girls.

When was Shiya most popular?

Shiya peaked in 2015, when 25 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.