Shaela
- #10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births
- Peak · girls
- 1997 · 45 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,124since 1967
Shaela over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Shaela has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,107 | 9 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 |
| 2017 | #9,943 | 10 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #8,931 | 12 |
| 2014 | #6,713 | 18 |
| 2013 | #8,135 | 14 |
| 2012 | #7,144 | 17 |
| 2011 | #6,855 | 18 |
| 2010 | #7,513 | 16 |
| 2009 | #4,269 | 35 |
| 2008 | #4,882 | 30 |
| 2007 | #4,380 | 34 |
| 2006 | #3,734 | 41 |
| 2005 | #3,461 | 43 |
| 2004 | #3,748 | 38 |
| 2003 | #3,869 | 35 |
| 2002 | #3,978 | 32 |
| 2001 | #4,209 | 29 |
| 2000 | #2,974 | 47 |
| 1999 | #2,896 | 46 |
| 1998 | #2,929 | 44 |
| 1997 | #2,733 | 45 |
| 1996 | #2,901 | 41 |
| 1995 | #3,022 | 38 |
| 1994 | #3,372 | 33 |
| 1993 | #3,351 | 33 |
| 1992 | #2,920 | 40 |
| 1991 | #3,036 | 37 |
| 1990 | #3,078 | 36 |
| 1989 | #3,784 | 26 |
| 1988 | #4,840 | 17 |
| 1987 | #3,983 | 21 |
| 1986 | #4,028 | 20 |
| 1985 | #4,860 | 15 |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 |
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| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 |
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| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 |
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| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 |
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First appearance
1967
The first year at least five girls were named Shaela! It came in at #6,804, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1967–1969, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Shaela is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Shaela in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 983 spots since 2020 (#11,090 → #10,107)
- 1,176 spots since 2015 (#8,931 → #10,107)
Rise & fade · girls
30 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1967
- Peaked 1997 at #2,733 (45 births)
- Births halved by 2010, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 38,561
- Highest: 1 in 38,561 girls born in 1999 were named Shaela (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 178,585 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,733 in 1997, was only 1 in 38,682 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 35.0% of all girls named Shaela (393) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #6,804 (1967) | #6,804 |
| 1970s | 54 | #5,516 (1975) | #6,910 |
| 1980s | 155 | #3,784 (1989) | #5,136 |
| 1990s | 393 | #2,733 (1997) | #3,024 |
| 2000s | 364 | #2,974 (2000) | #3,950 |
| 2010s | 120 | #6,713 (2014) | #8,784 |
| 2020s | 33 | #9,056 (2022) | #11,362 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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