Shale Popularity by Year
Follow Shale across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Shale birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Girls | 5 | #17,636 | Down 1,537 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 5 | #16,099 | Down 4,292 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 5 | #10,894 | Down 227 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 5 | #10,667 | Down 4,137 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 9 | #6,530 | Up 1,949 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 6 | #8,479 | Down 1,198 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 7 | #7,281 | Up 1,734 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 5 | #9,015 | Down 315 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 6 | #11,807 | Up 1,623 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 5 | #13,430 | — |
| 1993 | Boys | 5 | #8,700 | Down 1,429 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 6 | #7,271 | Down 3,649 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 8 | #3,622 | — |