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Xia

shee-uh /ʃiːə/ Chinese

At a glance

In short
Xia is a female name of Chinese origin that can be written with characters meaning “summer” (夏) or “rosy clouds” (霞), evoking warmth, light and renewal.
U.S. rank 2025
#5,099 of girl names (outside the top 1,000)
Babies in 2025
25 (<0.01% of girls)
Trend
Slipping #4,078 in 2020 #5,099 in 2025
Peak
#3,330 in 1989
First recorded
1981

Meaning of Xia

Xia is a female name of Chinese origin that can be written with characters meaning “summer” (夏) or “rosy clouds” (霞), evoking warmth, light and renewal. Pronounced shee-uh (/ʃiːə/), its two-syllable structure and open-vowel ending align naturally with Romance-language favorites like Mia and Aria. In the United States, Xia has held a steady niche presence—26 newborns in 2024, ranking 924th after fluctuating between the 900th and 940th spots over the past decade. This concise, globally accessible name bridges East Asian heritage and Latin-tinged phonetics, offering parents a choice that feels both authentic and universally approachable.

How to pronounce Xia

Chinese

Popularity of Xia in the U.S.

Xia was the #5,099 girl name in the U.S. in 2025, with 25 babies. It peaked at #3,330 in 1989. It first appears in the records in 1981.

Bar and line chart: Xia in the U.S., 1981–2025. Bars: girls given the name each year, most 37 in 2019 and 25 in 2025. Line: rank among girl names, peak #3,330 in 1989, #5,099 in 2025.
  • Girls named Xia (left scale)
  • Rank among U.S. girl names (right scale, #1 at the top)
By year, 1981–2025. Source: SSA. Download: PNG · SVG
Year-by-year table, 1981⁠–⁠2025 45 rows
YearBabiesRankvs previous year
2025255,099▼ 78
2024265,021▼ 22
2023264,999▼ 891
2022354,108▲ 137
2021334,245▼ 167
2020344,078▼ 155
2019373,923▲ 1,084
2018265,007▼ 431
2017304,576▲ 274
2016284,850▲ 438
2015255,288▲ 22
2014255,310▲ 1,152
2013196,462▼ 352
2012216,110▲ 745
2011186,855▼ 878
2010225,977▲ 834
2009196,811▲ 1,718
2008148,529▲ 1,010
2007129,539▼ 3,830
2006235,709▲ 2,182
2005147,891▼ 1,402
2004186,489▲ 1,091
2003147,580▲ 700
2002128,280▲ 1,822
2001910,102▼ 939
2000109,163▲ 316
199999,479▲ 1,659
1998711,138▼ 3,855
1997127,283▲ 1,529
199698,812▼ 46
199598,766▼ 2,094
1994136,672▲ 2,047
199398,719▼ 3,001
1992165,718▼ 59
1991165,659▼ 965
1990204,694▼ 1,364
1989313,330▲ 360
1988253,690▲ 4,297
198787,987▲ 536
198678,523▲ 784
198569,307▲ 1,115
1984510,422▼ 4,210
1983106,212▼ 301
1982115,911▲ 4,500
1981510,411new

Notable people named Xia

  • Xia Yu is a Chinese actor who became the youngest Best Actor winner at the Venice Film Festival at 18 for In the Heat of the Sun.
  • Xia Yan was a Ming dynasty scholar and official who served as minister of rites and grand secretary under the Jiajing Emperor.
  • Xia Brookside is an English professional wrestler and former TNA Knockouts World Champion.
  • Xia Gui was a celebrated Chinese landscape painter of the Song dynasty who helped found the influential Ma-Xia school.
  • Xia Jun is a Chinese economist and telecom researcher who teaches at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications.
More people named Xia 8 more
  • Xia Yan was a Chinese playwright and screenwriter who served as Deputy Minister of Culture from 1954 to 1965.
  • Xia Suchu was a Chinese politician from Guizhou who served in the Provisional Government and the Wang Jingwei regime.
  • Xia Xuanze is a former Chinese badminton singles star who later became a national team coach and vice chairman of the Chinese Badminton Association.
  • Xia Huang is a Chinese diplomat who has served as the United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region since 2019.
  • Xia Yuanji was a Ming dynasty minister known for opposing costly overseas voyages and military campaigns.
  • Xia Jin is a Chinese footballer.
  • Xia Feiyun is a Chinese conductor known for leading the Shanghai Conservatory Chinese Orchestra and recording Chinese classical music.
  • Xia Boyu is a Chinese mountaineer who became the second double amputee to summit Mount Everest, reaching the peak at age 69 in 2018.