Girls' name · since 1999
Shya
360 babies named Shya in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,434 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,935 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 360
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
360 babies have been named Shya since 1999, making it today's #13935 girls' name.
Shya has 360 recorded births among girls since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13935 as of the latest data, more common than 19% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #14,434 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,935 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 360 born since 1999
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shya ranks #14,434 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,935 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 360 born since 1999, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,434 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,935 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 360
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shya's 360 recorded births place it above 80.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Shya compares
360 49th 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
Shya's all-time total is 4% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 360 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 36 | 21 | 19,840 |
Shya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shya splits its recorded history at 2012: 35% of all births land in the more recent half, 65% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2000 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 36 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shya popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 36
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Shya popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2022 (Shya as boys' name)
Shya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (184 births, 51% of the file).
2000s was Shya's strongest decade.
184 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Shya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 8
1990s
8 births
- 2000s
2000s
184 births
- 2010s
2010s
109 births
- 2020s 59
2020s
59 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 184 births (51% of all-time use).
Shya by state
Where Shya concentrates geographically, total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.4% |
| #2 | Oklahoma | | 5 | 1.4% |
| #3 | Texas | | 5 | 1.4% |
5 of 360 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Shya's data
- Shya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (184 total births); usage has since declined to 59 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Shyas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Shya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
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, 1999–2025 (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 Shya 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.