Girls' name · since 1990
Shayley
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.
- #17,121 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 263
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shayley sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 263 recorded since 1990.
Shayley has 263 recorded births among girls since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2021.
- #17,121 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 263 born since 1990
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shayley ranks #17,121 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 263 born since 1990, peaking in the 2000s.
- #17,121 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 263
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shayley's 263 recorded births place it above 76.32% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shayley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shayley's full recorded timeline at 2006, 38% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 62% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2021, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2000 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shayley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2021
- Peak year (2000)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Shayley by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (130 births, 49% of the file).
2000s was Shayley's strongest decade.
130 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Shayley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
70 births
- 2000s
2000s
130 births
- 2010s
2010s
58 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 130 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Shayley's decade-level peak was the 2000s (130 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shayley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1990–2021 (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 Shayley 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.