Shala
Last seen for girls in 2012 at #14,962
- Peak · girls
- 1985 · 80 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,061since 1947
Shala over time
Rank among girls' names. Shala has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 |
| 2008 | #9,476 | 12 |
| 2007 | #8,098 | 15 |
| 2006 | #6,356 | 20 |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 |
| 2004 | #5,744 | 21 |
| 2003 | #7,998 | 13 |
| 2002 | #5,254 | 22 |
| 2001 | #3,864 | 33 |
| 2000 | #3,664 | 35 |
| 1999 | #3,374 | 37 |
| 1998 | #3,015 | 42 |
| 1997 | #3,105 | 38 |
| 1996 | #2,476 | 51 |
| 1995 | #2,456 | 52 |
| 1994 | #2,059 | 67 |
| 1993 | #2,127 | 63 |
| 1992 | #2,078 | 65 |
| 1991 | #1,669 | 89 |
| 1990 | #1,880 | 75 |
| 1989 | #1,686 | 81 |
| 1988 | #1,564 | 84 |
| 1987 | #1,812 | 64 |
| 1986 | #1,866 | 60 |
| 1985 | #1,523 | 80 |
| 1984 | #1,684 | 65 |
| 1983 | #1,644 | 67 |
| 1982 | #2,050 | 50 |
| 1981 | #2,061 | 50 |
| 1980 | #1,657 | 69 |
| 1979 | #1,753 | 62 |
| 1978 | #1,581 | 68 |
| 1977 | #1,538 | 70 |
| 1976 | #2,099 | 41 |
| 1975 | #1,877 | 48 |
| 1974 | #1,801 | 49 |
| 1973 | #1,732 | 51 |
| 1972 | #2,451 | 29 |
| 1971 | #2,212 | 36 |
| 1970 | #3,872 | 15 |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 |
| 1968 | #4,000 | 12 |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 |
| 1965 | #3,549 | 13 |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 |
| 1962 | #3,782 | 12 |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 |
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| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 |
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| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shala! It came in at #4,764, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1948–1955, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Shala is popular in 1977
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oklahoma#481 · 1 in 3,383
- Alabama#588 · 1 in 4,601
- Texas#1,080 · 1 in 11,163
- California#2,036 · 1 in 29,914
Best ever in a state: #347 in Arkansas, 1973.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Oklahoma | #481 | 5 | 1 in 3,383 |
| Alabama | #588 | 5 | 1 in 4,601 |
| Texas | #1,080 | 9 | 1 in 11,163 |
| California | #2,036 | 5 | 1 in 29,914 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Shala
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
- Debuted 1947
- Peaked 1985 at #1,523 (80 births)
- Births halved by 1997, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 21,067 girls born in 1991 were named Shala (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 293,509 girls born in 2012 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,523 in 1985, was only 1 in 21,510 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 32.5% of all girls named Shala (670) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 6 | #4,764 (1947) | #4,764 |
| 1950s | 21 | #4,193 (1958) | #4,965 |
| 1960s | 102 | #3,458 (1963) | #4,471 |
| 1970s | 469 | #1,538 (1977) | #2,092 |
| 1980s | 670 | #1,523 (1985) | #1,755 |
| 1990s | 579 | #1,669 (1991) | #2,424 |
| 2000s | 193 | #3,664 (2000) | #7,002 |
| 2010s | 21 | #10,374 (2011) | #14,109 |
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.
Shala in 1977
Top girls' names in 1977
More about 1977
girls
1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 21,902 of them was named Shala, which outranked 86.4% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,526Nickole71
- #1,526Rachell71
- #1,526Xochitl71
- #1,538Shala70
- #1,538Alysha70
- #1,538Brea70
- #1,538Detra70
- #1,559Alishia69
- #1,559Amberly69
- #1,559Anya69
Tied with 20 names at #1,538; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.