Shia

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A few things about Shia you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Shia

Shia LaBeouf

American actor

Choose Shia and your child shares a first name with Shia LaBeouf, an American actor. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Shia, like who?” Shia LaBeouf's Wikipedia article is available in 90 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 12,376 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Shia, 138 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Shia would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryShia first shows up in US birth records in 1960, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 65 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 2024, when it reached #1,196.
• 📈Then vs nowShia is 12× more common today than it was in 2000. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 151,515 baby boys; in 2025, about 1 in 12,376.
• 📍Where it's lovedShia is most popular in New York, where it ranks #276, followed by Colorado (#680) and Oklahoma (#698). It's in the top 1,000 in 3 states.
• ⚖️Boy or girlShia is given to both boys and girls: 80% of the 172 babies named Shia in 2025 were boys. That makes it one of the names that truly works for either.

About the name Shia

Shia is a gender-neutral name of Arabic origin. It has 4 letters and 1 syllable, starting with S and ending in “-hia”. US birth records list Shia for boys from 1960 to 2025, in 40 of those 66 years. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked #1,196 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #1,358, with 138 babies. Of the 172 US babies named Shia in 2025, 20% were girls and 80% were boys.

Origin:Arabic names