Girls' name · since 1974
Shilah
Shilah has 917 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,982 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,976 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 917
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Shilah is the #5976 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 917 recorded since 1974.
Social Security Administration records show Shilah recorded 917 times among girls since 1974, holding rank #5976 nationally today, ahead of 65% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2025.
- #7,982 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,976 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 917 born since 1974
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shilah ranks #7,982 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,976 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 917 born since 1974, peaking in the 2000s.
- #7,982 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,976 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 917
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shilah's 917 recorded births place it above 88.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Shilah compares
917 Top 34% higher than 66% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Shilah's all-time total is 144% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shilah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 917 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 64 | 21 | 19,840 |
Shilah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shilah's full recorded timeline at 2000, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1984, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 64 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shilah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 64
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Shilah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (306 births, 33% of the file).
2000s was Shilah's strongest decade.
306 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Shilah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 48
1970s
48 births
- 1980s 109
1980s
109 births
- 1990s
1990s
161 births
- 2000s
2000s
306 births
- 2010s
2010s
212 births
- 2020s 81
2020s
81 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 306 births (33% of all-time use).
How Shilah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Shilah's total volume
Shilah by state
Where Shilah concentrates geographically, total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 40 | 4.4% |
| #2 | Florida | | 16 | 1.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 16 | 1.7% |
| #4 | New York | | 11 | 1.2% |
40 of 917 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Shilah's data
- Shilah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (306 total births); usage has since declined to 81 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Shilahs (40 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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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Shilah
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Shilah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~51 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, 1974–2025 (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 Shilah 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.