Girls' name · since 1980
Shalaya
595 babies named Shalaya in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,623 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,433 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 595
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shalaya currently ranks #15433 among girls' names in America, with 595 babies recorded since 1980.
Shalaya has 595 recorded births among girls since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15433 as of the latest data, more common than 11% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2025.
- #10,623 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,433 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 595 born since 1980
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shalaya ranks #10,623 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,433 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 595 born since 1980, peaking in the 2000s.
- #10,623 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,433 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 595
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shalaya's 595 recorded births place it above 85.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Shalaya compares
595 Top 42% higher than 58% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Shalaya's all-time total is 58% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shalaya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 595 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 21 | 19,840 |
Shalaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shalaya splits its recorded history at 2002: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1982 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2001 peak of 28 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shalaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (2001)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Shalaya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (200 births, 34% of the file).
2000s was Shalaya's strongest decade.
200 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Shalaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 70
1980s
70 births
- 1990s
1990s
165 births
- 2000s
2000s
200 births
- 2010s
2010s
132 births
- 2020s 28
2020s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 200 births (34% of all-time use).
How Shalaya compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Shalaya's total volume
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What to do with Shalaya's data
- Shalaya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (200 total births); usage has since declined to 28 in the 2020s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Shalaya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1980–2025 (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 Shalaya 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.