Girls' name · since 1999
Shayal
10 babies named Shayal in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #56,541 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 1999
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shayal is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 10 have been recorded since 1999.
Shayal has 10 recorded births among girls since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 1999.
- #56,541 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 10 born since 1999
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shayal ranks #56,541 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 10 born since 1999, peaking in the 1990s.
- #56,541 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 1999
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shayal's 10 recorded births place it above 21.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Shayal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1999
- Peak year (1999)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 1 years of records
Shayal by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (10 births, 100% of the file).
1990s was Shayal's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Shayal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 10 births (100% of all-time use).
Shayal by state
Where Shayal concentrates geographically, total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 9 | 90.0% |
9 of 10 births nationwide.
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- California records the most Shayals (9 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Shayal: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~0 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, 1999–1999 (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 Shayal 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.