Shala
Shala is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 199189 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1947
- 2,061people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,061 girls have been named Shala in the United States since 1947, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1991, with 89 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 89 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1986, and the 1980s alone account for 33%.
By decade
In 1991, its biggest year
Shala was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1991 were Ashley, Jessica, Brittany, Amanda and Samantha. See all of 1991.
Names that rose and fell with Shala
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Shantellpeak 1987
- Marishapeak 1992
- Rachalpeak 1986
- Kashapeak 1990
- Cameopeak 1992
- Aricapeak 1982
- Shantellepeak 1987
- Erinnpeak 1990
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.