Girls' name · since 1993
Shalayah
111 babies named Shalayah in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,003 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 111
- born since 1993
- 2010s
- peak decade
Shalayah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 111 have been recorded since 1993.
Social Security Administration records show Shalayah recorded 111 times among girls since 1993, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2020.
- #26,003 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 111 born since 1993
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shalayah ranks #26,003 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 111 born since 1993, peaking in the 2010s.
- #26,003 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 111
- born since 1993
- 2010s
- peak decade
Shalayah's 111 recorded births place it above 64.02% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shalayah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shalayah's full recorded timeline at 2010, 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 1993, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shalayah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2020
- Peak year (2012)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Shalayah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (53 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Shalayah's strongest decade.
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Shalayah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
42 births
- 2010s
2010s
53 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 53 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Shalayah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (53 total births); usage has since declined to 5 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Shalayah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1993–2020 (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 Shalayah 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.