Shailah — girls' name
171 babies named Shailah in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
171 girls have been named Shailah since 1994, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2019.
- 171
- total births
- 1994–2019
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 49%
- born in that decade
49% of everyone ever named Shailah was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Shailah in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shailah
The Social Security Administration has registered 171 babies named Shailah between 1994 and 2019, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shailah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shailah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 83 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shailah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shailah 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 171 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.
Shailah at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shailah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1994
- Peak year (2007)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
171 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 14 births in a single year.
Shailah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 83 births that decade — 49% of Shailah's all-time total
Shailah decade highlights
- Peak decade 83 births
- Runner-up 45 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Shailah's strongest decade
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% 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, 1994–2019 (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.