Shailyn — #12490 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Shailyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 829 babies named Shailyn between 1982 and 2024, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shailyn currently holds the #12490 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 49 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shailyn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 342 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shailyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Shailyn in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shailyn 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 829 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.