Girls' name · since 1979
Shaleka
60 babies named Shaleka in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #32,931 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 60
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shaleka is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 60 have been recorded since 1979.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shaleka has been recorded 60 times among girls since 1979, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 1992.
- #32,931 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 60 born since 1979
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shaleka ranks #32,931 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 60 born since 1979, peaking in the 1980s.
- #32,931 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 60
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shaleka's 60 recorded births place it above 54.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shaleka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shaleka's full recorded timeline at 1986, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1980, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1979 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shaleka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1992
- Peak year (1979)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Shaleka by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (38 births, 63% of the file).
1980s was Shaleka's strongest decade.
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Shaleka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s
1980s
38 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 38 births (63% of all-time use).
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- Shaleka's decade-level peak was the 1980s (38 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 1990s -- 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 Shaleka: 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 (~13 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, 1979–1992 (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 Shaleka 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.