Shaley

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Shaley by the numbers

Shaley was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 41 babies in 1994, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Shaley

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Shaley. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Shalempeaceful, whole; from shalom5 in the US (2017)
  • Staley13 in the US (2017)
  • Shailey7 in the US (2017)
  • Shayley7 in the US (2017)
  • Shaney6 in the US (2017)
  • Shelbywillow farm or ledge farm864 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Shaley

Names that are said the same way as Shaley, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Shaley

Nobody has voted for Shaley yet

Vote for Shaley and put it up against all the other baby names

Vote for Shaley