Shaela — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shaela

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,115 babies named Shaela between 1967 and 2023, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shaela currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 47 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaela performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 393 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Shaela shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 64 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Utah and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Shaela in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shaela in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,115 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.