Shailene — #14027 US girls' name
256 babies named Shailene in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 21% of names given to girls today.
63% of everyone ever named Shailene was born in this single decade.
29 babies were named Shailene in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shailene
The Social Security Administration has registered 256 babies named Shailene between 1991 and 2024, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shailene currently holds the #14027 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 29 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shailene performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 161 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shailene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shailene in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shailene 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 256 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.
Shailene at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Shailene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1991
- Peak year (2014)
- 29
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
Currently ranks #14027 among girls.
256 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 29 births in a single year.
Shailene by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 161 births that decade — 63% of Shailene's all-time total
Shailene decade highlights
- Peak decade 161 births
- Runner-up 49 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Shailene's strongest decade
161 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% of all-time use.
Shailene by state
Where Shailene concentrates geographically — total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.0% |
5 of 256 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1991–2024 (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.