Feminine dossier · first seen 1950

Shea

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Shea
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2005

Peak rank proxy

348

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Z

1950Peak 20052024

Peak year

2005

Decline from peak

42.5%

2024

200

All-time

12,363

Shea has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2005, when 348 girls were named Shea.

In 2024, only 200 girls were given the name.

Down 42.5% from its peak.

All told, about 12,363 Americans have been named Shea and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1950.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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