Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Shaela

#6,509 most common girls' name of all time · #10,975 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1967–2025

Rank among girls
#6,509
Rank overall
#10,975 of 105,966
First appeared
1967
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
1,124
Since 2016
58
Peak year
2000 #3,000
Best rank
#2,757 1997
Girls Boys peak 47/yr
198020002020

Shaela first appears in 1967. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 9 — 9 #10,291
2023 5 — 5 #15,647
2022 11 — 11 #9,211
2020 8 — 8 #11,315
2019 8 — 8 #11,594
2018 7 — 7 #12,730
2017 10 — 10 #10,117
2015 12 — 12 #9,069
2014 18 — 18 #6,780
2013 14 — 14 #8,256
2012 17 — 17 #7,237
2011 18 — 18 #6,927
2010 16 — 16 #7,608
2009 35 — 35 #4,299
2008 30 — 30 #4,928
2007 34 — 34 #4,419
2006 41 — 41 #3,753
2005 43 — 43 #3,488
2004 38 — 38 #3,776
2003 35 — 35 #3,902
2002 32 — 32 #4,025
2001 29 — 29 #4,257
2000 47 — 47 #3,000
1999 46 — 46 #2,918
1998 44 — 44 #2,954
1997 45 — 45 #2,757
1996 41 — 41 #2,938
1995 38 — 38 #3,050
1994 33 — 33 #3,415
1993 33 — 33 #3,393
1992 40 — 40 #2,947
1991 37 — 37 #3,074
1990 36 — 36 #3,130
1989 26 — 26 #3,857
1988 17 — 17 #4,961
1987 21 — 21 #4,072
1986 20 — 20 #4,124
1985 15 — 15 #4,991
1984 16 — 16 #4,641
1983 9 — 9 #7,036
1982 9 — 9 #7,210
1981 11 — 11 #6,149
1980 11 — 11 #6,159
1979 7 — 7 #8,541
1978 10 — 10 #6,253
1976 5 — 5 #10,067
1975 10 — 10 #5,844
1974 7 — 7 #7,401
1973 9 — 9 #5,945
1970 6 — 6 #7,731
1967 5 — 5 #7,790