Unisex name · since 1982
Shaia
Shaia has 98 recorded births since 1982 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,357 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,463 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 98
- born since 1982
- 2010s
- peak decade
98 babies have been named Shaia since 1982, making it today's #15463 unisex name.
Shaia has 98 recorded births among girls since 1982, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15463 as of the latest data, more common than 11% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2025.
- #27,357 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,463 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 98 born since 1982
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shaia ranks #27,357 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,463 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 98 born since 1982, peaking in the 2010s.
- #27,357 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,463 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 98
- born since 1982
- 2010s
- peak decade
Shaia's 98 recorded births place it above 62.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Shaia compares
98 25th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Shaia's all-time total is 74% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shaia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 98 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 21 | 19,840 |
Shaia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shaia's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1982, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2009 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shaia popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Shaia popularity over time - boys
16 total births recorded since 2023 (Shaia as boys' name)
Shaia by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (40 births, 41% of the file).
2010s was Shaia's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Shaia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
30 births
- 2010s
2010s
40 births
- 2020s
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 40 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Shaia's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (40 total births) through the 2020s (23) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shaia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~43 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1982–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Shaia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.