Shalai — girls' name
19 babies named Shalai in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
19 girls have been named Shalai since 1988, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 1993.
- 19
- total births
- 1988–1993
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 74%
- born in that decade
74% of everyone ever named Shalai was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Shalai in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shalai
The Social Security Administration has registered 19 babies named Shalai between 1988 and 1993, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shalai currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shalai performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 14 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Shalai shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shalai 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 19 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.
Shalai at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shalai popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1988
- Peak year (1990)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
19 total births across 6 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 7 births in a single year.
Shalai by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 14 births that decade — 74% of Shalai's all-time total
Shalai decade highlights
- Peak decade 14 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shalai's strongest decade
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 74% 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, 1988–1993 (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.