Shaula — girls' name
56 babies named Shaula in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
56 girls have been named Shaula since 1946, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2002.
- 56
- total births
- 1946–2002
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 39%
- born in that decade
39% of everyone ever named Shaula was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Shaula in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shaula
The Social Security Administration has registered 56 babies named Shaula between 1946 and 2002, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shaula currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaula performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shaula shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shaula 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 56 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.
Shaula at a glance
Last recorded 2002Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shaula popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–1946
- Peak year (1978)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 57 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2002.
56 total births across 57 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 7 births in a single year.
Shaula by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 22 births that decade — 39% of Shaula's all-time total
Shaula decade highlights
- Peak decade 22 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shaula's strongest decade
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% 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, 1946–2002 (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.