Shalimar — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shalimar

The Social Security Administration has registered 639 babies named Shalimar between 1954 and 2015, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shalimar currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shalimar performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 182 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Shalimar shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 42 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Shalimar in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shalimar 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 639 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.