Shalena — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shalena

The Social Security Administration has registered 966 babies named Shalena between 1968 and 2008, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shalena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 47 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shalena performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 388 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shalena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 37 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Shalena in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shalena 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 966 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.