Girls' name · since 1972
Shital
135 babies named Shital in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,915 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 135
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shital is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 135 have been recorded since 1972.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shital has been recorded 135 times among girls since 1972, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 1988.
- #23,915 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 135 born since 1972
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shital ranks #23,915 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 135 born since 1972, peaking in the 1980s.
- #23,915 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 135
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shital's 135 recorded births place it above 66.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shital's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shital's full recorded timeline at 1981, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1985, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1977 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shital popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1988
- Peak year (1977)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Shital by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (77 births, 57% of the file).
1980s was Shital's strongest decade.
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Shital births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
58 births
- 1980s
1980s
77 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 77 births (57% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shital: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~16 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, 1972–1988 (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 Shital 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.