Shailah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHY-lah
- Origin
- Sanskrit
Shailah is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “mountain”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Shailah mean?
Sanskrit: spelling of Shaila; Sanskrit shaila
“mountain”
Related to Shailaja, 'daughter of the mountain', a name of the Hindu goddess Parvati.
Meaning borrowed from Shaila.
Is Shailah a girl's or a boy's name?
Shailah is a girls' name.
How popular is Shailah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Shailah in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shailah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
Names like Shailah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Safa, Farah, Hadassah, Zaniyah, Zainab, Samiyah, Salma, Summer, Uma, Kaliyah, Zaira
Names related to Shailah
Shiloh, Shayla, Sheila, Salah, Saylah, Shaila, Saliyah, Suhaila
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Shailah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shailah, updated 20 October 2026.