Shaia — #12489 US unisex name

What the Data Says About Shaia

The Social Security Administration has registered 93 babies named Shaia between 1982 and 2024, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shaia currently holds the #12489 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Shaia is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 6 additional births since 2023.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaia performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shaia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shaia in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 93 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.