Shalay — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shalay

The Social Security Administration has registered 112 babies named Shalay between 1981 and 2007, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shalay currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shalay performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 59 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shalay shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shalay 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 112 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.