first name
SHEA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 18,210 people named Shea, 82.5% reported their origin as White, 5.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.1% as two or more races. 60.8% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Shea peaked in 2005, when 531 babies got the name.
At least 21,102 babies have been given the name since 1950. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Shea by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #978. The largest share of babies named Shea, 34%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Shea is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Shea has been most common in Arizona (2.7×), Massachusetts (2.5×), and Colorado (2.2×), and least common in Kentucky (0.16×).
14,487 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Shea
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Shea, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Shea ranks #1,081 of 156,621, with 31,836 people. See Shea as a last name
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