Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Shadia isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shadia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 780
- 0 boys · 780 girls
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 31 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,892 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −39%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,892 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 39.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 31 in 1986. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,184 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Shadia’s family of names
Shadia may belong to the same name family as SHADDIA. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Shadia
- Shadia MansourBritish-Palestinian rapperborn 1985
- Shadia Abu GhazalehPalestinian political activist (1949–1968)
- Shadia SimmonsCanadian actressborn 1986
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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