Shalitha — girls' name
26 babies named Shalitha in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
26 girls have been named Shalitha since 1976, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1981.
- 26
- total births
- 1976–1981
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 58%
- born in that decade
58% of everyone ever named Shalitha was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Shalitha in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shalitha
The Social Security Administration has registered 26 babies named Shalitha between 1976 and 1981, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shalitha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shalitha performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Shalitha shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shalitha 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 26 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.
Shalitha at a glance
Last recorded 1981Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shalitha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1976
- Peak year (1980)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1981.
26 total births across 6 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 6 births in a single year.
Shalitha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 15 births that decade — 58% of Shalitha's all-time total
Shalitha decade highlights
- Peak decade 15 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Shalitha's strongest decade
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
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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, 1976–1981 (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.