Girls' name · since 1971
Shalaine
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.
- #25,566 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 116
- born since 1971
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shalaine is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 116 have been recorded since 1971.
Social Security Administration records show Shalaine recorded 116 times among girls since 1971, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 1997.
- #25,566 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 116 born since 1971
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shalaine ranks #25,566 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 116 born since 1971, peaking in the 1970s.
- #25,566 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 116
- born since 1971
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shalaine's 116 recorded births place it above 64.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shalaine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shalaine's full recorded timeline at 1981, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1971, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1978 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shalaine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–1997
- Peak year (1978)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Shalaine by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (56 births, 48% of the file).
1970s was Shalaine's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Shalaine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
56 births
- 1980s
1980s
53 births
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 56 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Shalaine's decade-level peak was the 1970s (56 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 1990s -- 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 Shalaine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1971–1997 (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 Shalaine 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.