Given name & surname
Sia
Sia is a surname from Hokkien. It is used in English and Tagalog.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,795
- 5 boys · 2,790 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 215 babies
- 2025
- 215
- #1,107 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +25%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 215 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,107 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 25.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (42). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,399 as a first name in 2020; 1,078 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sia’s family of names
In English usage, Sia has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Σία. In English usage, Sia as a surname has a related form in CHIA. In English usage, Sia as a surname has a related form in CHIA.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sia
- SiaAustralian singer and songwriter (born 1975)
- Sia Figielcontemporary Samoan novelist, poet and painter1967–2026
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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