Girls' name · since 1980
Shalae
Shalae has 126 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1992 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,619 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 126
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
126 girls have been named Shalae since 1980, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shalae has been recorded 126 times among girls since 1980, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2011.
- #24,619 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 126 born since 1980
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shalae ranks #24,619 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 126 born since 1980, peaking in the 1990s.
- #24,619 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 126
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shalae's 126 recorded births place it above 65.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shalae's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shalae splits its recorded history at 1994: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1989 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1992 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shalae popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2011
- Peak year (1992)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Shalae by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (62 births, 49% of the file).
1990s was Shalae's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Shalae births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
28 births
- 1990s
1990s
62 births
- 2000s
2000s
31 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 62 births (49% of all-time use).
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What to do with Shalae's data
- Shalae's decade-level peak was the 1990s (62 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shalae: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1980–2011 (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 Shalae 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.