Shea
A boys’ name of Irish origin, meaning from the fairy fort; stately or admirable.
Babies a year
307
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1197
24 babies
Shea by the numbers
In 2025, 24 babies in England and Wales were named Shea. In the US, 307 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 348 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Shea. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
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