Shilah — #8532 US girls' name
897 babies named Shilah in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 52% of names given to girls today.
34% of everyone ever named Shilah was born in this single decade.
64 babies were named Shilah in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shilah
The Social Security Administration has registered 897 babies named Shilah between 1974 and 2024, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shilah currently holds the #8532 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 64 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shilah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 306 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Shilah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 40 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Shilah in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shilah 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 897 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.
Shilah at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shilah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1974
- Peak year (2007)
- 64
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
Currently ranks #8532 among girls.
897 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 64 births in a single year.
Shilah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 306 births that decade — 34% of Shilah's all-time total
Shilah decade highlights
- Peak decade 306 births
- Runner-up 212 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Shilah's strongest decade
306 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Shilah by state
Where Shilah concentrates geographically — total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 40 | 4.5% |
| #2 | Florida | | 16 | 1.8% |
| #3 | Texas | | 16 | 1.8% |
| #4 | New York | | 11 | 1.2% |
40 of 897 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 4.5% of nationwide
- Florida 1.8% of nationwide
- Texas 1.8% of nationwide
- New York 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1974–2024 (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.