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Girl name

Shalah

100% girls · last recorded 2004

Shalah has been given to about 138 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1989, which makes it a Gen X and millennial name.

Meaning—
Origin—
Syllables2
Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 134
Median age today36 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Shalah per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year1989 · 11
  • Born in 20250
  • All time138

How popular is Shalah?

Its best year was 1989, when 11 babies were given the name, ranking 7361st. The typical living American called Shalah is about 36 years old today.

Names that sound like Shalah

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Sarah0.75
  2. Hannah0.72
  3. Selah0.68
  4. Shayla0.65
  5. Shana0.65
  6. Sharla0.65
  7. Shara0.65
  8. Savannah0.61

Middle names for Shalah

Ranked by flow score
  1. Shalah Eve0.80
  2. Shalah Elizabeth0.78
  3. Shalah Josephine0.78
  4. Shalah Anne0.78
  5. Shalah Rose0.77
  6. Shalah Louise0.77

Sibling names for Shalah

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Angelicasister · 0.58
  2. Daniellesister · 0.58
  3. Bethanysister · 0.58
  4. Coreybrother · 0.57
  5. Kylebrother · 0.57
  6. Caseyeither · 0.57

Where Shalah is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Shalah Anderson0.74
    2. Shalah White0.72
    3. Shalah Reyes0.72
    4. Shalah Nguyen0.72
    5. Shalah Moore0.72
    6. Shalah Lee0.72

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Shalah

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.