girl's name

Shalena

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 972

Shalena is a girl's name. In 2008 it was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1977, when 47 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1968.

Shalena over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2008, not a full ten years.

388
'60 '70 '80 '90 '00
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Births named Shalena by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1960s 15
1970s 244
1980s 388
1990s 234
2000s (to 2008) 85

How popular is Shalena?

In 2008, Shalena was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Shalena is used

Canada #2,343 6 in 1997
United States #13,390 8 in 2008

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Shalena

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Shalena also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Shalena over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Shalena

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Shalena — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Shalena

How popular is the name Shalena?

In 2008, Shalena was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Shalena a girl's or a boy's name?

Shalena is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Shalena most popular?

Shalena peaked in 1977, when 47 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.