Shiya — #16151 US unisex name

What the Data Says About Shiya

The Social Security Administration has registered 206 babies named Shiya between 1998 and 2024, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shiya currently holds the #16151 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 16 babies received it in a single year. Shiya is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 48 additional births since 1989.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shiya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 97 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shiya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shiya 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 206 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.