How Many People Are Named Shala?
people named Shala are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 172,357 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,061 babies named Shala in Social Security records from 1947 to 2012, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
89 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Shala in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shala alive today is about 39 years old, and 77% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 32 and 47 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shala first appears in the records in 1947 and was given most often in 1991, to 89 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2012.
Babies given the name each year, 1947 to 2012
🏆 Rank History
Shala has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,533, in 1985.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,533 (1985) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,760 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shala alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shala were born in Texas than in any other state: about 101 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shala was given 3.3 times as often in Texas, 3.1 times in Ohio and 1.5 times in California.
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