Girls' name · since 1995
Shaelah
Since 1995, U.S. Social Security records show 28 babies named Shaelah, peaking in 2001. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #41,952 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 28
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shaelah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 28 have been recorded since 1995.
Shaelah has 28 recorded births among girls since 1995, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2007.
- #41,952 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 28 born since 1995
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shaelah ranks #41,952 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 28 born since 1995, peaking in the 2000s.
- #41,952 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 28
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shaelah's 28 recorded births place it above 41.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shaelah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shaelah splits its recorded history at 2005: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2005 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2001 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shaelah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2007
- Peak year (2001)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Shaelah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (22 births, 79% of the file).
2000s was Shaelah's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 79% of all-time use.
Shaelah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 22 births (79% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shaelah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~12 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1995–2007 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Shaelah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.