Shalene

Last seen for girls in 2005 at #11,834

Peak · girls
1972 · 35 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
850
since 1963

Shalene over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Shalene has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201972peak #2,173, 1972girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2005#11,8348
2004#14,1796
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2000#9,8749
1999#11,3857
1998#9,2609
1997#7,74211
1996#5,53117
1995#5,95815
1994#4,37623
1993#4,39323
1992#3,96826
1991#3,93626
1990#2,95738
1989#3,25332
1988#3,80524
1987#4,12220
1986#3,05430
1985#2,93931
1984#2,99229
1983#3,55522
1982#3,41824
1981#3,25326
1980#2,65135
1979#3,23625
1978#2,51634
1977#3,08325
1976#2,60230
1975#2,81126
1974#3,00823
1973#2,91423
1972#2,17335
1971#2,24735
1970#2,85624
1969#2,70424
1968#3,31516
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1963#4,8968
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First appearance
1963

The first year at least five girls were named Shalene! It came in at #4,896, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1964–1965, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Shalene
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2005
Rise & fade · girls
9 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1963
  • Peaked 1972 at #2,173 (35 births)
  • Births halved by 1995, 23 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 43,464
  • Highest: 1 in 43,464 girls born in 1972 were named Shalene (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 230,980 girls born in 2005 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 32.9% of all girls named Shalene (280) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s79#2,704 (1969)#4,149
1970s280#2,173 (1972)#2,745
1980s273#2,651 (1980)#3,304
1990s195#2,957 (1990)#5,951
2000s23#9,874 (2000)#11,962

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Shalene in 1972

girls
#2,173
35 births · 1 in 43,464 girls

Top girls' names in 1972

  1. #1Jennifer63,600
  2. #2Michelle29,285
  3. #3Lisa27,543
  4. #4Kimberly26,282
  5. #5Amy25,873
  6. #6Angela23,561
  7. #7Melissa22,494
  8. #8Stephanie16,890
  9. #9Heather16,320
  10. #10Nicole15,755
  11. #2,173Shalene35
More about 1972

girls

1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 43,464 of them was named Shalene, which outranked 77.5% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shalene
  1. #2,135Valeri36
  2. #2,135Vida36
  3. #2,135Yessenia36
  4. #2,173Shalene35
  5. #2,173Alishia35
  6. #2,173Ayesha35
  7. #2,173Candyce35
  8. #2,222Alba34
  9. #2,222Alida34
  10. #2,222Allegra34

Tied with 48 names at #2,173; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. 5,804Camisha#6,619#815
  2. 3,921Catina#4,123#202
  3. 1,842Cherilyn#2,665#823
  4. 1,789Chasity#2,542#753
  5. 1,694Keena#2,542#848
Fallers
  1. 517Shayla#836#1,353
  2. 428Raina#798#1,226
  3. 280Kendall#742#1,022
  4. 275Alycia#951#1,226
  5. 255Charisse#727#982

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1972