Shala
Girl · SHAH-la
Shala is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Shala come from?
- Say it
- SHAH-la
Is Shala a girl's or a boy's name?
Shala is a girls' name.
How popular is Shala in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1991, with 89 girls. It first appears in the records in 1947.
Half of all the girls named Shala in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shala in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,740 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,250 |
| 2001 | 33 | #3,860 |
| 2000 | 35 | #3,659 |
| 1999 | 37 | #3,371 |
| 1998 | 42 | #3,012 |
| 1997 | 38 | #3,102 |
| 1996 | 51 | #2,472 |
| 1995 | 52 | #2,451 |
| 1994 | 67 | #2,054 |
| 1993 | 63 | #2,122 |
| 1992 | 65 | #2,073 |
| 1991 | 89 | #1,663 |
| 1990 | 75 | #1,876 |
| 1989 | 81 | #1,682 |
| 1988 | 84 | #1,563 |
| 1987 | 64 | #1,811 |
| 1986 | 60 | #1,865 |
| 1985 | 80 | #1,522 |
| 1984 | 65 | #1,684 |
| 1983 | 67 | #1,644 |
| 1982 | 50 | #2,050 |
| 1981 | 50 | #2,061 |
| 1980 | 69 | #1,657 |
| 1979 | 62 | #1,753 |
| 1978 | 68 | #1,581 |
| 1977 | 70 | #1,538 |
| 1976 | 41 | #2,099 |
| 1975 | 48 | #1,877 |
| 1974 | 49 | #1,801 |
| 1973 | 51 | #1,732 |
| 1972 | 29 | #2,451 |
| 1971 | 36 | #2,212 |
| 1970 | 15 | #3,871 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,417 |
| 1968 | 12 | #3,999 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,052 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,197 |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,548 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 14 | #3,457 |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,781 |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,192 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,762 |
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