Shalaine — girls' name
116 babies named Shalaine in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
116 girls have been named Shalaine since 1971, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1997.
- 116
- total births
- 1971–1997
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 48%
- born in that decade
48% of everyone ever named Shalaine was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Shalaine in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shalaine
The Social Security Administration has registered 116 babies named Shalaine between 1971 and 1997, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shalaine currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shalaine performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 56 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shalaine shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shalaine 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 116 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.
Shalaine at a glance
Last recorded 1997Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shalaine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–1971
- Peak year (1978)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1997.
116 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 12 births in a single year.
Shalaine by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 56 births that decade — 48% of Shalaine's all-time total
Shalaine decade highlights
- Peak decade 56 births
- Runner-up 53 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Shalaine's strongest decade
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% 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, 1971–1997 (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.