Girls' name · since 1970
Shalita
405 babies named Shalita in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,414 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 405
- born since 1970
- 1980s
- peak decade
405 girls have been named Shalita since 1970, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shalita has 405 recorded births among girls since 1970, 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 1970 to 1994.
- #13,414 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 405 born since 1970
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shalita ranks #13,414 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 405 born since 1970, peaking in the 1980s.
- #13,414 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 405
- born since 1970
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shalita's 405 recorded births place it above 81.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by District of Columbia.
Shalita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shalita's SSA record in two at 1982 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1971, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 1988 peak of 28, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shalita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–1994
- Peak year (1988)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Shalita by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (197 births, 49% of the file).
1980s was Shalita's strongest decade.
197 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Shalita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
151 births
- 1980s
1980s
197 births
- 1990s 57
1990s
57 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 197 births (49% of all-time use).
Shalita by state
Where Shalita concentrates geographically, total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | District of Columbia | | 10 | 2.5% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 1.2% |
10 of 405 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Shalita's data
- Shalita's decade-level peak was the 1980s (197 total births); usage has since declined to 57 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- District of Columbia records the most Shalitas (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. District of Columbia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Shalita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~24 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, 1970–1994 (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 Shalita 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.