Girls' name · since 1998
Shaileen
29 babies named Shaileen in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #41,485 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 29
- born since 1998
- 1990s
- peak decade
29 girls have been named Shaileen since 1998, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shaileen has been recorded 29 times among girls since 1998, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2016.
- #41,485 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 29 born since 1998
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shaileen ranks #41,485 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 29 born since 1998, peaking in the 1990s.
- #41,485 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 29
- born since 1998
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shaileen's 29 recorded births place it above 42.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shaileen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shaileen splits its recorded history at 2003: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2003 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1998 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shaileen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2016
- Peak year (1998)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Shaileen by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (12 births, 41% of the file).
1990s was Shaileen's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Shaileen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 12 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Shaileen's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (12 total births) through the 2010s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shaileen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~18 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1998–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Shaileen draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.