Shalah — girls' name
138 babies named Shalah in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
138 girls have been named Shalah since 1971, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2004.
- 138
- total births
- 1971–2004
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 47%
- born in that decade
47% of everyone ever named Shalah was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Shalah in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shalah
The Social Security Administration has registered 138 babies named Shalah between 1971 and 2004, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shalah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shalah performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 65 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shalah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shalah 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 138 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.
Shalah at a glance
Last recorded 2004Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shalah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1971
- Peak year (1989)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2004.
138 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 11 births in a single year.
Shalah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 65 births that decade — 47% of Shalah's all-time total
Shalah decade highlights
- Peak decade 65 births
- Runner-up 39 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shalah's strongest decade
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% 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, 1971–2004 (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.