Shia

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Shia: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Shia: Recorded every year since 2007, its highest recorded position is #1,534, and it stood at #2,088 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
18years from first to last
#1534highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2008–2022

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2008	#4524
2010	#4688
2011	#3549
2013	#3536
2016	#4096
2019	#5591
2020	#5493
2022	#5669

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 2007 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2007–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2007
First recorded at #3589 among boys in England and Wales in 2007 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2007–2024
Highest recorded position: #1534 among boys in England and Wales, in 2022 (recorded 2007–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2088 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Shia appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 18 years beginning in 2007, and has registered 141 births with the name.

Shia across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Shia's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#3589 (2007)	#1534 (2022)	#2088 (2024)	18 of 18	141 (2007–2024)	16 (2022)
England and Wales · Girls	#4524 (2008)	#3536 (2013)	#5669 (2022)	8 of 15	34 (2008–2022)	6 (2011)

Shia by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Shia in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	14	3 of 10	5
2010s	74	10 of 10	7
2020sbusiest	53	5 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Shia appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2007 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1534 in England and Wales in 2022.

Shia's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2088	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1906	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1534	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2493	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2266	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2693	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2734	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2804	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2079	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2194	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2199	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2007 and 2024, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,534, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Shiela · #282, 12y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aurelio · #1534, 16y
Kenji · #1534, 21y
Marcellus · #1534, 19y
Rakan · #1534, 20y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Aurelio · #1534, 16y
Rakan · #1534, 20y
Araf · #1533, 13y
Muhammad-Ibrahim · #1533, 16y

Shia and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Shia without appearing here.

Shia moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1906 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #5119.
Madison Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3315 and #3315 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2079 and #4632.
Brooke Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2544 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2199 and #4678.
Barry Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2493 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1534 and #4001.

Moved ahead of Shia

Rory Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3536 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #5591 and #4001.
Meabh Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3549 and #4049 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #3536 and #2887.
Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1534 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1906 and #1363.
Rune Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1534 and #1609 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1906 and #1799.

Moved the opposite way to Shia

Aaron Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shia went from #3589 to #2088 while Aaron went from #49 to #154.
Alan Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shia went from #3589 to #2088 while Alan went from #226 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shia went from #3589 to #2088 while Alex went from #58 to #171.
Alexander Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shia went from #3589 to #2088 while Alexander went from #22 to #36.

Moved the same way as Shia

Aksel Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shia went from #3589 to #2088 and Aksel from #3589 to #1132.
Albie Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shia went from #3589 to #2088 and Albie from #400 to #19.
Alfred Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shia went from #3589 to #2088 and Alfred from #140 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shia went from #3589 to #2088 and Archie from #33 to #10.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2007 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1534 in England and Wales in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Shia

Shia at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Shia across 2 official records

Shia by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Shia appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Shia and the names beside it

Shia moved ahead of

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Shia at a glance

Shia across 2 official records

Shia by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Shia appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Shia and the names beside it

Shia moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Shia

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