Girls' name · since 1990
Shayle
Shayle has 159 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1995 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,213 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 159
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
159 girls have been named Shayle since 1990, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shayle has been recorded 159 times among girls since 1990, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2009.
- #22,213 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 159 born since 1990
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shayle ranks #22,213 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 159 born since 1990, peaking in the 1990s.
- #22,213 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 159
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shayle's 159 recorded births place it above 69.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shayle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shayle's SSA record in two at 1999 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1991, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1995 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shayle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2009
- Peak year (1995)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Shayle by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (86 births, 54% of the file).
1990s was Shayle's strongest decade.
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Shayle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
86 births
- 2000s
2000s
73 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 86 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Shayle's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (86 total births) through the 2000s (73) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shayle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~19 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, 1990–2009 (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 Shayle 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.