Shalese — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shalese

The Social Security Administration has registered 209 babies named Shalese between 1970 and 2007, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shalese currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shalese performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 83 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shalese shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shalese in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shalese 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 209 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.