Girls' name · since 1978
Shalaina
Shalaina has 87 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1986 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,743 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 87
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shalaina sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 87 recorded since 1978.
Shalaina has 87 recorded births among girls since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2000.
- #28,743 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 87 born since 1978
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shalaina ranks #28,743 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 87 born since 1978, peaking in the 1980s.
- #28,743 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 87
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shalaina's 87 recorded births place it above 60.23% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shalaina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shalaina splits its recorded history at 1989: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1978 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1986 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shalaina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2000
- Peak year (1986)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Shalaina by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (46 births, 53% of the file).
1980s was Shalaina's strongest decade.
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Shalaina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
46 births
- 1990s
1990s
31 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 46 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Shalaina's decade-level peak was the 1980s (46 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- 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 Shalaina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~22 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, 1978–2000 (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 Shalaina 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.