Shea

Meaning: Fine or fortunate
Origin: From the Irish byname Séaghdha (from Irish, anglicized from Ó Séaghdha)

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.

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#1,532 in Canada (2024).

Among 78 notable people named Shea:

Sports figures appear 2.64× more often than among typical names — e.g. Shea Groom, American soccer player.

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

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