Shalin
The Story of Shalin
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Shalin as a girl name dates back to 1977, when 14 babies received it. 1977 was its biggest year on record, with 14 newborns named Shalin — #4,652 in the national rankings. About 32% of every Shalin on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Shalin last appeared in the published SSA data in 2010, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 173 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Shalin as a boy name dates back to 1975, when 9 babies received it. 1999 was its biggest year on record, with 15 newborns named Shalin — #4,537 in the national rankings. About 29% of every Shalin on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Shalin last appeared in the published SSA data in 2020, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 335 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Shalin
Shalin is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1975 and has accumulated 335 births in the dataset. Shalin's peak popularity came in 1999 when it ranked #4,537. Use the chart and map above to compare Shalin'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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