Shayleigh — #12581 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Shayleigh

The Social Security Administration has registered 782 babies named Shayleigh between 1991 and 2024, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shayleigh currently holds the #12581 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 45 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shayleigh performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 331 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shayleigh shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Indiana and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Shayleigh in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shayleigh 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 782 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.