Shally
Shally Awasthi is an Indian professor and pediatric pulmonologist. She worked at King George's Medical University. Awasthi was the first Indian scientist to be appointed to the Health-Security Interface Technical Advisory Group (HSI-TAG) of the World Health Organization (WHO). HSI-TAG comprises a group of experts formed to advise the WHO on worldwide issues concerning global health and security.
Meaning & Origin of Shally
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shally Awasthi is an Indian professor and pediatric pulmonologist. She worked at King George's Medical University. Awasthi was the first Indian scientist to be appointed to the Health-Security Interface Technical Advisory Group (HSI-TAG) of the World Health Organization (WHO). HSI-TAG comprises a group of experts formed to advise the WHO on worldwide issues concerning global health and security.
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The Story of Shally
Shally first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1973, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1991: 6 births, good for #11,509 nationwide. About 41% of every Shally on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Shally last appeared in the published SSA data in 2009, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 27 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Shally
Shally is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1973 and has accumulated 27 births in the dataset. Shally's peak popularity came in 1991 when it ranked #11,509. Use the chart and map above to compare Shally'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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