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.

Shilah

#7,487 most common girls' name of all time · #12,555 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1974–2025

Rank among girls
#7,487
Rank overall
#12,555 of 105,966
First appeared
1974
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
917
Since 2016
130
Peak year
2007 #2,841
Best rank
#2,841 2007
Girls Boys peak 64/yr
198020002020

Shilah first appears in 1974. 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 20 — 20 #5,984
2024 12 — 12 #8,585
2023 12 — 12 #8,620
2022 7 — 7 #12,561
2021 17 — 17 #6,802
2020 13 — 13 #8,112
2019 11 — 11 #9,294
2018 15 — 15 #7,536
2017 13 — 13 #8,448
2016 10 — 10 #10,309
2015 26 — 26 #5,193
2014 14 — 14 #8,187
2013 25 — 25 #5,380
2012 26 — 26 #5,312
2011 31 — 31 #4,611
2010 41 — 41 #3,785
2009 50 — 50 #3,330
2008 57 — 57 #3,034
2007 64 — 64 #2,841
2006 34 — 34 #4,308
2005 14 — 14 #8,051
2004 17 — 17 #6,888
2003 15 — 15 #7,351
2002 18 — 18 #6,243
2001 17 — 17 #6,463
2000 20 — 20 #5,588
1999 23 — 23 #4,801
1998 21 — 21 #5,044
1997 21 — 21 #4,923
1996 17 — 17 #5,646
1995 10 — 10 #8,419
1994 17 — 17 #5,599
1993 15 — 15 #6,131
1992 13 — 13 #6,892
1991 8 — 8 #9,774
1990 16 — 16 #5,741
1989 10 — 10 #7,796
1988 9 — 9 #8,106
1987 6 — 6 #10,620
1986 8 — 8 #8,232
1985 11 — 11 #6,345
1984 6 — 6 #9,873
1983 17 — 17 #4,449
1982 13 — 13 #5,482
1981 12 — 12 #5,815
1980 17 — 17 #4,498
1979 9 — 9 #7,188
1978 9 — 9 #6,869
1977 12 — 12 #5,498
1976 11 — 11 #5,570
1974 7 — 7 #7,666