Shalah
Shalah Kosh is a village in, and the capital of, Qaleh Rural District of Zagros District, Chardavol County, Ilam province, Iran.
Meaning & Origin of Shalah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shalah Kosh is a village in, and the capital of, Qaleh Rural District of Zagros District, Chardavol County, Ilam province, Iran.
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The Story of Shalah
The earliest SSA record of Shalah as a baby girl name dates back to 1971, when 5 babies received it. 1989 was its biggest year on record, with 11 newborns named Shalah — #6,955 in the national rankings. About 47% of every Shalah on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Shalah last appeared in the published SSA data in 2004, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 138 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Shalah
Shalah is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1971 and has accumulated 138 births in the dataset. Shalah's peak popularity came in 1989 when it ranked #6,955. Use the chart and map above to compare Shalah'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 .
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