Shalaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sha-LAY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Shalaya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
Where does Shalaya come from?
Modern: modern American coinage, Sha- + Laya
Is Shalaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Shalaya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shalaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Shalaya, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the girls named Shalaya in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shalaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,145 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,374 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 28 | #4,317 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,820 |
| 1992 | 23 | #4,375 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,323 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
Names like Shalaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Samira, Safiya, Safa, Kaliyah, Zaniyah, Amaya, Jaliyah, Amira, Aliya, Summer, Salma
Names related to Shalaya
Shayla, Shaila, Salayah, Salaya, Shaylah, Shaliyah, Shaela, Shailey
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Shalaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shalaya, updated 20 October 2026.