Shalik — boys' name
66 babies named Shalik in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
66 boys have been named Shalik since 1990, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 1999.
- 66
- total births
- 1990–1999
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
100% of everyone ever named Shalik was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Shalik in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shalik
The Social Security Administration has registered 66 babies named Shalik between 1990 and 1999, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shalik currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shalik performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 66 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 20 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shalik in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shalik 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 66 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.
Shalik at a glance
Last recorded 1999Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shalik popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1990
- Peak year (1997)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1999.
66 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 13 births in a single year.
Shalik by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 66 births that decade — 100% of Shalik's all-time total
Shalik decade highlights
- Peak decade 66 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shalik's strongest decade
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Shalik by state
Where Shalik concentrates geographically — total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 20 | 30.3% |
20 of 66 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 30.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 30.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1990–1999 (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.