Sia
Sia Kate Isobelle Furler is an Australian singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Adelaide, she started her career as a singer in the acid jazz band Crisp in the mid-1990s. When Crisp disbanded in 1997, she released her debut studio album, OnlySee, in Australia. Sia moved to London and provided vocals for the English duo Zero 7.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Sia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sia Kate Isobelle Furler is an Australian singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Adelaide, she started her career as a singer in the acid jazz band Crisp in the mid-1990s. When Crisp disbanded in 1997, she released her debut studio album, OnlySee, in Australia. Sia moved to London and provided vocals for the English duo Zero 7.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Sia
American parents first put Sia on the record books as a baby girl name in 1968, with 9 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2022, when 212 Sias were born — ranking #1,145 that year. About 43% of every Sia on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Sia ranks #1,240 for baby girls with 187 births, rising sharply (+18% over the past five years). All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Sia
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About the name Sia
Sia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1968 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Sia's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #1,145. Use the chart and map above to compare Sia'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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