Shaelin — girls' name
287 babies named Shaelin in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
287 girls have been named Shaelin since 1994, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2014.
- 287
- total births
- 1994–2014
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 66%
- born in that decade
66% of everyone ever named Shaelin was born in this single decade.
32 babies were named Shaelin in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shaelin
The Social Security Administration has registered 287 babies named Shaelin between 1994 and 2014, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shaelin currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 32 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaelin performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 188 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shaelin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shaelin in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 287 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Shaelin at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shaelin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1994
- Peak year (2006)
- 32
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
287 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 32 births in a single year.
Shaelin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 188 births that decade — 66% of Shaelin's all-time total
Shaelin decade highlights
- Peak decade 188 births
- Runner-up 71 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Shaelin's strongest decade
188 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 66% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1994–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.