Shalane — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shalane

The Social Security Administration has registered 441 babies named Shalane between 1963 and 2020, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shalane currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 54 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shalane performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 260 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Shalane shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 8 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Washington. In total, SSA state-level files list Shalane in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shalane 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 441 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.