Shaelyn — #6009 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Shaelyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,476 babies named Shaelyn between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shaelyn currently holds the #6009 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 177 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaelyn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,534 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Shaelyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 274 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Shaelyn in 31 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shaelyn 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 3,476 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.