Girls' name · since 1974
Shaleta
107 babies named Shaleta in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,425 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 107
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shaleta is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 107 have been recorded since 1974.
Social Security Administration records show Shaleta recorded 107 times among girls since 1974, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 1991.
- #26,425 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 107 born since 1974
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shaleta ranks #26,425 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 107 born since 1974, peaking in the 1980s.
- #26,425 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 107
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shaleta's 107 recorded births place it above 63.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shaleta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shaleta splits its recorded history at 1983: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1978 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1988 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shaleta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–1991
- Peak year (1988)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Shaleta by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (55 births, 51% of the file).
1980s was Shaleta's strongest decade.
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Shaleta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
45 births
- 1980s
1980s
55 births
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 55 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Shaleta's decade-level peak was the 1980s (55 total births); usage has since declined to 7 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 Shaleta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~17 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, 1974–1991 (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 Shaleta 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.