Shalia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sha-LEE-a
- Origin
- Modern
Shalia is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Shalia come from?
Modern: modern American coinage, Sha- + Lia
Is Shalia a girl's or a boy's name?
Shalia is a girls' name.
How popular is Shalia in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 24 girls. It first appears in the records in 1962.
Half of all the girls named Shalia in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shalia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 24 | #5,544 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,864 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,578 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 21 | #4,682 |
| 1993 | 19 | #4,992 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,679 |
| 1991 | 15 | #5,943 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,842 |
| 1988 | 20 | #4,303 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
Names like Shalia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Summer Safiya Samira Safia Aaliyah Safa Shayla Aliya Salma Samia Zaniyah Zaniya
Names related to Shalia
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, “Shalia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shalia, updated 20 October 2026.