Girls' name · since 1994
Shailah
Since 1994, U.S. Social Security records show 171 babies named Shailah, peaking in 2007. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,444 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 171
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
171 girls have been named Shailah since 1994, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shailah has 171 recorded births among girls since 1994, 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 1994 to 2019.
- #21,444 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 171 born since 1994
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shailah ranks #21,444 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 171 born since 1994, peaking in the 2000s.
- #21,444 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 171
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shailah's 171 recorded births place it above 70.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shailah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shailah splits its recorded history at 2005: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1996 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shailah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2019
- Peak year (2007)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Shailah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (83 births, 49% of the file).
2000s was Shailah's strongest decade.
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Shailah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
45 births
- 2000s
2000s
83 births
- 2010s
2010s
43 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 83 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Shailah's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (83 total births) through the 2010s (43) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Shailah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1994–2019 (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 Shailah 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.