Shahla — girls' name
99 babies named Shahla in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
99 girls have been named Shahla since 1969, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2009.
- 99
- total births
- 1969–2009
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 54%
- born in that decade
54% of everyone ever named Shahla was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Shahla in 1981 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shahla
The Social Security Administration has registered 99 babies named Shahla between 1969 and 2009, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shahla currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shahla performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 53 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shahla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shahla 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 99 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.
Shahla at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shahla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1969
- Peak year (1981)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
99 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1981 with 11 births in a single year.
Shahla by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 53 births that decade — 54% of Shahla's all-time total
Shahla decade highlights
- Peak decade 53 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shahla's strongest decade
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1969–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.