Shaleah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sha-LEE-a
- Origin
- Modern
Shaleah is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Shaleah come from?
Modern: modern American coinage, Sha- + Leah
Is Shaleah a girl's or a boy's name?
Shaleah is a girls' name.
How popular is Shaleah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the girls named Shaleah in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shaleah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,556 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 26 | #5,232 |
| 2005 | 26 | #4,954 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,175 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,608 |
| 1986 | 19 | #4,184 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
Names like Shaleah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Zaniyah, Kaliyah, Jaliyah, Summer, Hadassah, Samiyah, Safiya, Samira, Safa, Aziyah, Kamiyah
Names related to Shaleah
Shayla, Shaylee, Salah, Saylah, Shaila, Saelah, Suhaylah, Saleah
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, “Shaleah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shaleah, updated 20 October 2026.