Girls' name · since 1989
Shailey
409 babies named Shailey in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,349 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 409
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
409 girls have been named Shailey since 1989, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Shailey recorded 409 times among girls since 1989, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2024.
- #13,349 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 409 born since 1989
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shailey ranks #13,349 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 409 born since 1989, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,349 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 409
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shailey's 409 recorded births place it above 81.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shailey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shailey's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1989, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2003 peak of 28, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shailey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2024
- Peak year (2003)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Shailey by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (193 births, 47% of the file).
2000s was Shailey's strongest decade.
193 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Shailey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
91 births
- 2000s
2000s
193 births
- 2010s
2010s
102 births
- 2020s 18
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 193 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Shailey's decade-level peak was the 2000s (193 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shailey: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1989–2024 (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 Shailey 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.