Girls' name · since 1974
Shalika
109 babies named Shalika in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,200 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 109
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
109 girls have been named Shalika since 1974, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shalika has 109 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 1994.
- #26,200 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 109 born since 1974
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shalika ranks #26,200 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 109 born since 1974, peaking in the 1980s.
- #26,200 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 109
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shalika's 109 recorded births place it above 63.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shalika's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shalika splits its recorded history at 1987: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1974 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1979 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shalika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–1994
- Peak year (1979)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Shalika by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (48 births, 44% of the file).
1980s was Shalika's strongest decade.
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Shalika births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
26 births
- 1980s
1980s
48 births
- 1990s
1990s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 48 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Shalika's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (48 total births) through the 1990s (35) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Shalika: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~20 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, 1974–1994 (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 Shalika 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.