Shailynn — #13980 US girls' name
428 babies named Shailynn in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2002. 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.
45% of everyone ever named Shailynn was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Shailynn in 2002 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shailynn
The Social Security Administration has registered 428 babies named Shailynn between 1988 and 2024, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shailynn currently holds the #13980 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shailynn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 193 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shailynn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shailynn 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 428 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.
Shailynn at a glance
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Current rank
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Shailynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1988
- Peak year (2002)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
Currently ranks #13980 among girls.
428 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 24 births in a single year.
Shailynn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 193 births that decade — 45% of Shailynn's all-time total
Shailynn decade highlights
- Peak decade 193 births
- Runner-up 128 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Shailynn's strongest decade
193 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
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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, 1988–2024 (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.