Shally — girls' name
27 babies named Shally in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
27 girls have been named Shally since 1973, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2009.
- 27
- total births
- 1973–2009
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 41%
- born in that decade
41% of everyone ever named Shally was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Shally in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shally
The Social Security Administration has registered 27 babies named Shally between 1973 and 2009, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shally currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shally performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shally shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shally 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 27 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.
Shally at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shally popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1973
- Peak year (1991)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
27 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 6 births in a single year.
Shally by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 11 births that decade — 41% of Shally's all-time total
Shally decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Shally's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% 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, 1973–2009 (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.