Shalon
- #14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births
- Last seen for boys in 2010 at #12,231
- Given to girls 90.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1977 · 168 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,186since 1961
Shalon over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 | — | |
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| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | — | |
| 2010 | — | #12,231 | 5 | |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | — | |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | — | |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 | — | |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 | — | |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | — | |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | — | |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 | — | |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 | — | |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 | #5,868 | 9 |
| 1993 | #5,419 | 17 | — | |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,808 | 20 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,230 | 23 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #4,670 | 19 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #4,653 | 18 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,257 | 28 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #2,973 | 31 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,621 | 23 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #3,329 | 25 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,065 | 27 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,959 | 30 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #2,342 | 42 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,096 | 49 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #1,530 | 76 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #1,781 | 57 | — | |
| 1977 | #868 | 168 | #3,203 | 12 |
| 1976 | #1,225 | 92 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #2,743 | 27 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #2,348 | 33 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,342 | 19 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #2,680 | 26 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,064 | 40 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,779 | 25 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,318 | 17 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,057 | 18 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,400 | 14 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 | — | |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 | — | |
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| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | — | |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1961
The first year at least five girls were named Shalon! It came in at #5,851, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1962–1963, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Shalon is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Shalon in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Shalon
Momentum · girls
Brand new
- Biggest jump: 357 spots in 1977
- Biggest drop: 913 spots in 1978
Rise & fade · girls
16 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1961
- Peaked 1977 at #868 (168 births)
- Births halved by 1978, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1977
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,126
- Highest: 1 in 9,126 girls born in 1977 were named Shalon (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 47.5% of all girls named Shalon (563) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2011
- Mostly boys until 2010, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 91 | #3,057 (1968) | #4,351 |
| 1970s | 563 | #868 (1977) | #2,136 |
| 1980s | 292 | #2,096 (1980) | #3,297 |
| 1990s | 142 | #4,230 (1990) | #6,812 |
| 2000s | 88 | #8,534 (2000) | #11,304 |
| 2010s | 5 | #16,764 (2011) | #16,764 |
| 2020s | 5 | #14,942 (2025) | #14,942 |
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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