unisex name

Shalin

  • Gender Unisex
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 514

Shalin is a unisex name. It is given to both girls and boys — about 34% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 2020 it was given to 5 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 22 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1975.

Shalin over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2020, not a full ten years.

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'70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Shalin by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 55
1980s 100
1990s 132
2000s 152
2010s 64
2020s (to 2020) 5

How popular is Shalin?

In 2020, Shalin was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Shalin is used

England & Wales #4,780 3 in 2006
United States #12,985 5 in 2020

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 Shalin

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

Parents who like Shalin also like

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

Sibling names for Shalin

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

Common questions about Shalin

How popular is the name Shalin?

In 2020, Shalin was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Shalin is used for both girls and boys. About 34% of recorded births with this name are girls.

When was Shalin most popular?

Shalin peaked in 1977, when 22 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.