Shalynn — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shalynn

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,488 babies named Shalynn between 1969 and 2022, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shalynn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 65 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shalynn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 482 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Shalynn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 55 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Shalynn in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shalynn 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 1,488 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.