Arshia
Arshia is an Iranian name. Notable people with the name include:Arshia Babazadeh, Iranian footballer Arshia Behnezhad, Iranian volleyball player Arshia Samsaminia, Iranian composer Arshia Sattar, Indian translator and writer
Meaning & Origin of Arshia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Arshia is an Iranian name. Notable people with the name include:Arshia Babazadeh, Iranian footballer Arshia Behnezhad, Iranian volleyball player Arshia Samsaminia, Iranian composer Arshia Sattar, Indian translator and writer
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The Story of Arshia
As a girl name
Arshia first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1976, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2009, when 31 Arshias were born — ranking #4,677 that year. As of 2026, Arshia ranks #15,178 for girls with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 355 Arshias have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
Arshia first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1992, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2001, when 11 Arshias were born — ranking #6,013 that year. As of 2026, Arshia ranks #8,981 for boys with 8 births, with steady use. In total, more than 130 Arshias have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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Popularity by State
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About the name Arshia
Arshia is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1976 and has accumulated 355 births in the dataset. Arshia's peak popularity came in 2009 when it ranked #4,677. Use the chart and map above to compare Arshia's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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