Shea

Girl's name · #1159 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave

64% girls · 36% boys — Shea is also given to boys: 111 in 2025, about 36% in recent years. Shea →

Popularity over time

Shea reached its best rank, #698, in 1997 and ranked #1159 in 2025. About 13,000 girls have carried it since 1950.

In recent years, Shea ran about 4× its national rate in Connecticut and Massachusetts.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 18 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

See how Shea ranks in other countries and regions.

#2,282 in Canada (2025) · #3,016 in England & Wales (2024) · #727 in Ireland (2023) · #809 in Scotland (2018) · #12,071 in Ecuador (2007).

Shea Couleé — American drag queen (born 1989)
Shea Ralph — American college basketball player and coach (born 1978)
Shea Diamond — American singer, songwriter and transgender rights activist (born 1978)
Shea Fisher — Australian singer (born 1988)
Shea Groom — American footballer (born 1993)

Among 78 notable people named Shea:

Sports figures appear 2.64× more often than among typical names — e.g. Shea Groom, American footballer (born 1993).

Similar names: Shay · Keely · Siya · Cassie · Carson · Kacey

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