Shail

Boy · recorded 1990–2016

  • 2016last recorded
  • 2016best year

Most popular in 2016.

Last recorded in 2016. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Shail.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1990

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 11 recorded years as a table
Shail, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19903
19943
20053
20063
20072
20084
20093
20105
20123
20133
20165

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Shail isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2016
10
Rank in 2016
#7,605
How rare
1 in 189,773 boys
Since 1990
74

Shail was last recorded in 2016. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 2016, at 5 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Shail doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.