Shaelah — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shaelah

The Social Security Administration has registered 28 babies named Shaelah between 1995 and 2007, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shaelah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaelah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Shaelah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shaelah 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 28 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.