Shale is a very rare variant of Shayla that was most common in the 1990s and has all but disappeared.
Shale is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2007. Shale was first reported in SSA data in 1972 and peaked in 1999 (9 births).
Boys named Shale per year · hover for count and boys rank · Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1972–2007 · U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–2007) · SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here
Girls named Shale
Girls named Shale per year · hover for count and girls rank · Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1972–2007 · U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–2007) · SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here