Shalette — girls' name
16 babies named Shalette in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
16 girls have been named Shalette since 1973, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1986.
- 16
- total births
- 1973–1986
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 63%
- born in that decade
63% of everyone ever named Shalette was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Shalette in 1986 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shalette
The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Shalette between 1973 and 1986, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shalette currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1986. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shalette performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Shalette shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shalette 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 16 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.
Shalette at a glance
Last recorded 1986Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shalette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–1973
- Peak year (1986)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1986.
16 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 6 births in a single year.
Shalette by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 10 births that decade — 63% of Shalette's all-time total
Shalette decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Shalette's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1973–1986 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.