Unisex name · since 2020
Shua
47 babies named Shua in U.S. Social Security records since 2020, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,661 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,643 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 47
- born since 2020
- 2020s
- peak decade
Shua currently ranks #7643 among unisex names in America, with 47 babies recorded since 2020.
Shua has 47 recorded births among boys since 2020, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7643 as of the latest data, more common than 45% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2020 to 2025.
- #22,661 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,643 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 47 born since 2020
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shua ranks #22,661 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,643 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 47 born since 2020, peaking in the 2020s.
- #22,661 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,643 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 47
- born since 2020
- 2020s
- peak decade
Shua's 47 recorded births place it above 50.12% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New Jersey.
How Shua compares
47 16th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Shua's all-time total is 87% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shua | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 47 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 34 | 22,252 |
Shua's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shua's SSA record in two at 2023 and the more recent half accounts for 66% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 34%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2020, with only 8 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shua popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Shua popularity over time - girls
11 total births recorded since 1981 (Shua as girls' name)
Shua by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (47 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Shua's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Shua births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 47 births (100% of all-time use).
Shua by state
Where Shua concentrates geographically, total births since 2020
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 10 | 21.3% |
10 of 47 births nationwide.
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- New Jersey records the most Shuas (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New Jersey names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shua: 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 (~5 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, 2020–2025 (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 Shua 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.