Shalina — girls' name
547 babies named Shalina in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
547 girls have been named Shalina since 1971, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2017.
- 547
- total births
- 1971–2017
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 47%
- born in that decade
47% of everyone ever named Shalina was born in this single decade.
32 babies were named Shalina in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shalina
The Social Security Administration has registered 547 babies named Shalina between 1971 and 2017, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shalina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 32 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shalina performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 256 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shalina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 45 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Shalina in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shalina 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 547 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.
Shalina at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shalina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1971
- Peak year (1985)
- 32
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
547 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 32 births in a single year.
Shalina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 256 births that decade — 47% of Shalina's all-time total
Shalina decade highlights
- Peak decade 256 births
- Runner-up 133 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shalina's strongest decade
256 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Shalina by state
Where Shalina concentrates geographically — total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 45 | 8.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 10 | 1.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 7 | 1.3% |
45 of 547 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 8.2% of nationwide
- Texas 1.8% of nationwide
- New York 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1971–2017 (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.