Girls' name · since 1969
Shaylene
1,000 babies named Shaylene in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,511 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,500 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,000
- born since 1969
- 1990s
- peak decade
1,000 babies have been named Shaylene since 1969, making it today's #13500 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Shaylene recorded 1,000 times among girls since 1969, holding rank #13500 nationally today, ahead of 22% of girls, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 2025.
- #7,511 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,500 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,000 born since 1969
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shaylene ranks #7,511 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,500 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,000 born since 1969, peaking in the 1990s.
- #7,511 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,500 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,000
- born since 1969
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shaylene's 1,000 recorded births place it above 89.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Shaylene compares
1,000 Top 32% higher than 68% 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
Shaylene's all-time total is 166% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shaylene | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,000 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 48 | 21 | 19,840 |
Shaylene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shaylene's SSA record in two at 1996 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1973, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1993 peak of 48, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shaylene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–2025
- Peak year (1993)
- 48
- Annual births at peak, across 57 years of records
Shaylene by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (353 births, 35% of the file).
1990s was Shaylene's strongest decade.
353 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Shaylene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 8
1960s
8 births
- 1970s 75
1970s
75 births
- 1980s
1980s
228 births
- 1990s
1990s
353 births
- 2000s
2000s
194 births
- 2010s 109
2010s
109 births
- 2020s 33
2020s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 353 births (35% of all-time use).
How Shaylene compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Shaylene's total volume
Shaylene by state
Where Shaylene concentrates geographically, total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 96 | 9.6% |
| #2 | Colorado | | 22 | 2.2% |
| #3 | Arizona | | 13 | 1.3% |
| #4 | New Mexico | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #5 | New York | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Washington | | 5 | 0.5% |
96 of 1,000 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Shaylene's data
- Shaylene's decade-level peak was the 1990s (353 total births); usage has since declined to 33 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Shaylenes (96 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Shaylene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~56 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, 1969–2025 (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 Shaylene 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.