Shaleah — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shaleah

The Social Security Administration has registered 504 babies named Shaleah between 1979 and 2020, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shaleah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaleah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 186 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Shaleah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shaleah 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 504 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.