Girls' name · since 1989
Shalayna
Shalayna has 97 recorded births since 1989 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,488 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 97
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shalayna is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 97 have been recorded since 1989.
Shalayna has 97 recorded births among girls since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2007.
- #27,488 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 97 born since 1989
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shalayna ranks #27,488 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 97 born since 1989, peaking in the 1990s.
- #27,488 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 97
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shalayna's 97 recorded births place it above 61.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shalayna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shalayna splits its recorded history at 1994: 39% of all births land in the more recent half, 61% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1993 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shalayna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2007
- Peak year (1990)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Shalayna by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (81 births, 84% of the file).
1990s was Shalayna's strongest decade.
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 84% of all-time use.
Shalayna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
81 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 81 births (84% of all-time use).
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- Shalayna's decade-level peak was the 1990s (81 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- 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 Shalayna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~18 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, 1989–2007 (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 Shalayna 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.