Shayley — girls' name
263 babies named Shayley in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
263 girls have been named Shayley since 1990, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2021.
- 263
- total births
- 1990–2021
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 49%
- born in that decade
49% of everyone ever named Shayley was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Shayley in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shayley
The Social Security Administration has registered 263 babies named Shayley between 1990 and 2021, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shayley currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shayley performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 130 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shayley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shayley 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 263 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.
Shayley at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shayley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1990
- Peak year (2000)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
263 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 20 births in a single year.
Shayley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 130 births that decade — 49% of Shayley's all-time total
Shayley decade highlights
- Peak decade 130 births
- Runner-up 70 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Shayley's strongest decade
130 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1990–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.