Shala

girls:

2.1k births since 1947

#3777 (34th percentile)

overall:

2.1k births since 1947

#5720 (26th percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shala".

1947 2012 19472012

Key Statistics

Total Births
2,061
Peak Births
89
Peak Year
1991
First Recorded
1947
Peak Percentile
9.9%
Current Percentile
0.1%
Peak Rank
#684
Current Rank
#936
Female statistics

How to Pronounce Shala

Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Shala. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 38.6% confident that Shala is pronounced as SHAY-luh. The next most likely pronunciation is SHAH-luh, at 38.6% confidence.

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SHAH-luh (2 syllables)
38.6% confidence
SH AA1 L AH0
shuh-LUH (2 syllables)
9.1% confidence
SH AH0 L AH1
SHUH-luh (2 syllables)
9.1% confidence
SH AH1 L AH0
SHA-luh (2 syllables)
4.5% confidence
SH AE1 L AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Shala. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Shala, please vote using the thumbs up button.

SHEH-luh (2 syllables)
5 names 3.9k births
SH EH1 L AH0
shah-LEE-uh (3 syllables)
5 names 739 births
SH AA0 L IY1 AH0

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like SH EY1 L AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.