Girls' name · since 1994
Shaliah
Since 1994, U.S. Social Security records show 105 babies named Shaliah, peaking in 1996. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,620 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 105
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
105 girls have been named Shaliah since 1994, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shaliah has 105 recorded births among girls since 1994, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2013.
- #26,620 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 105 born since 1994
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shaliah ranks #26,620 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 105 born since 1994, peaking in the 2000s.
- #26,620 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 105
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shaliah's 105 recorded births place it above 63.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shaliah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shaliah splits its recorded history at 2004: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1994 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1996 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shaliah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2013
- Peak year (1996)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Shaliah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (62 births, 59% of the file).
2000s was Shaliah's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Shaliah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
28 births
- 2000s
2000s
62 births
- 2010s 15
2010s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 62 births (59% of all-time use).
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- Shaliah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (62 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 2010s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Shaliah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~19 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, 1994–2013 (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 Shaliah 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.