Unisex name · since 1998
Shiya
Shiya has 206 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,541 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 206
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shiya sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 206 recorded since 1998.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shiya has been recorded 206 times among girls since 1998, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2024.
- #19,541 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 206 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shiya ranks #19,541 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 206 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #19,541 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 206
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shiya's 206 recorded births place it above 72.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shiya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shiya's full recorded timeline at 2010, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1998, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2015 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shiya popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2024
- Peak year (2015)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Shiya popularity over time - boys
48 total births recorded since 1989 (Shiya as boys' name)
Shiya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (97 births, 47% of the file).
2000s was Shiya's strongest decade.
97 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Shiya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
97 births
- 2010s
2010s
77 births
- 2020s 20
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 97 births (47% of all-time use).
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What to do with Shiya's data
- Shiya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (97 total births); usage has since declined to 20 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shiya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~26 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, 1998–2024 (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 Shiya 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.