Shahla
Shahla is a feminine given name used throughout the Muslim world.
- Arabic
- Persian
Meaning & Origin of Shahla
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shahla is a feminine given name used throughout the Muslim world.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
- Persian
The Story of Shahla
American parents first put Shahla on the record books as a baby girl name in 1969, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1981, when 11 Shahlas were born — ranking #5,885 that year. About 54% of every Shahla on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Shahla last appeared in the published SSA data in 2009, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 99 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Shahla
Shahla is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1969 and has accumulated 99 births in the dataset. Shahla's peak popularity came in 1981 when it ranked #5,885. Use the chart and map above to compare Shahla's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.