Girls' name · since 1988
Shailynn
434 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.
- #12,870 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,709 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 434
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Shailynn is the #13709 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 434 recorded since 1988.
Social Security Administration records show Shailynn recorded 434 times among girls since 1988, holding rank #13709 nationally today, ahead of 21% of girls, 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 1988 to 2025.
- #12,870 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,709 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 434 born since 1988
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shailynn ranks #12,870 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,709 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 434 born since 1988, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,870 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,709 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 434
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shailynn's 434 recorded births place it above 82.19% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Shailynn compares
434 Top 48% higher than 52% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Shailynn's all-time total is 15% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shailynn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 434 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 21 | 19,840 |
Shailynn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shailynn's SSA record in two at 2007 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1988, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2002 peak of 24, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shailynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2002)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Shailynn by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (193 births, 44% of the file).
2000s was Shailynn's strongest decade.
193 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Shailynn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
89 births
- 2000s
2000s
193 births
- 2010s
2010s
128 births
- 2020s 19
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 193 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Shailynn's decade-level peak was the 2000s (193 total births); usage has since declined to 19 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 Shailynn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1988–2025 (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 Shailynn 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.