Is Shea a boy or girl name?

Shea is primarily a unisex name in U.S. records: about 60% of recorded births are female.

What is the average age of someone named Shea?

The average Shea alive today is an estimated 28 years old. People named Shea were most often born around 2005.

When was the name Shea most popular?

Shea peaked in 2005 with 531 recorded births in the United States.

What vibe does the name Shea have?

In one report's words: soft-shouldered, windblown, informal. Shea ranks #1820 among all U.S. first names since 1880.

Shea — Name Meaning, Age & Vibe | Understand Your Name

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Origin & Meaning

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Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Séaghdha, derived from a word for hawk-like or favorable. It entered American birth records as a given name around 1950. The opening of New York's Shea Stadium in 1964 helped lodge the sound in the public ear.

Fig. 1 — Births per annum, 1950–2025

SSA Data

1950 peak: 531 souls, A.D. 2005 2025

2025: 312 born, holding steady

Estimated Age

28 yrs

Most Sheas were born around 2005 — old enough to remember phones with buttons.

Peak Reign

2005

№763 that year

Generation

Gen Z, 35%

then Millennial 31% · Gen Alpha 21%

Rarity

Top 2000 all-time

≈21K ever born · holding steady

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Shea grew up with

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Generation Distribution — Living Sheas

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Gen X 13%Millennial 31%Gen Z 35%Gen Alpha 21%

Data vs. Humans

What the data says

SSA Data

SSA: Shea peaked in 2005.

Estimated average age: 28.

What people think

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Fig. 2 — Style Coordinates

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Vintage Modern

Formal Casual

Soft Strong

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Public Opinion Ledger

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First Impressions

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The name reads as casual, athletic, and distinctly turn-of-the-millennium. With an average holder in their late twenties, it belongs to the era of portable MP3 players and youth soccer leagues. At sixty percent female, it remains one of the few single-syllable names without an obvious gender default. People hearing it tend to assume the presence of a windbreaker.

Field Notes

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Field Note 01

The name spent decades hovering at the margins before cresting at 531 births in 2005.

Field Note 02

Nearly two-thirds of living bearers belong to either Generation Z or the Millennial generation.

Field Note 03

A total count of roughly 21,000 across seventy-five years keeps it recognizable without ever crowding a classroom roll.

Notable Sheas

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Shea Whighamactor, b. 1969

Shea Hillenbrandbaseball player, b. 1975

Shea Serranoauthor and journalist, b. 1981

Shea Weberice hockey player, b. 1985

Adjacent Names

Tate · Quinn · Reese · Rowan · Lane · Keaton

Ephemera — If Shea were a…

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City

Wilmington, North Carolina

Artifact

A woven cord bracelet that never gets taken off in the shower

Job

Assistant athletic director

Color

Faded chambray

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