Shalyn — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shalyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,992 babies named Shalyn between 1966 and 2018, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shalyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 98 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shalyn performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 676 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Shalyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 96 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Shalyn in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shalyn 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 1,992 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.