Girls' name · since 2005
Shanylah
44 babies named Shanylah in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #36,547 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 44
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
44 girls have been named Shanylah since 2005, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shanylah has 44 recorded births among girls since 2005, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2020.
- #36,547 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 44 born since 2005
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shanylah ranks #36,547 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 44 born since 2005, peaking in the 2010s.
- #36,547 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 44
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Shanylah's 44 recorded births place it above 49.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shanylah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shanylah's full recorded timeline at 2013, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2005, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2013 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shanylah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2020
- Peak year (2013)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Shanylah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (33 births, 75% of the file).
2010s was Shanylah's strongest decade.
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 75% of all-time use.
Shanylah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
33 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 33 births (75% of all-time use).
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- Shanylah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (33 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Shanylah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~15 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, 2005–2020 (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 Shanylah 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.