Shayal — girls' name
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.
The verdict
10 girls have been named Shayal since 1999, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 1999.
- 10
- total births
- 1999–1999
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
100% of everyone ever named Shayal was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Shayal in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shayal
The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Shayal between 1999 and 1999, spanning 1 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shayal currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shayal performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 9 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shayal in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shayal 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 10 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.
Shayal at a glance
Last recorded 1999Peak year
Current rank
Active since
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
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1999.
10 total births across 1 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 10 births in a single year.
Shayal by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 10 births that decade — 100% of Shayal's all-time total
Shayal decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shayal's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 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.
Top 5 states
- California 90.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 90.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1999–1999 (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.