Shayli — girls' name
353 babies named Shayli in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
353 girls have been named Shayli since 1988, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2023.
- 353
- total births
- 1988–2023
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 45%
- born in that decade
45% of everyone ever named Shayli was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Shayli in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shayli
The Social Security Administration has registered 353 babies named Shayli between 1988 and 2023, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shayli currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shayli performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 159 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shayli shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shayli in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shayli 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 353 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.
Shayli at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shayli popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1988
- Peak year (2006)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
353 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 24 births in a single year.
Shayli by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 159 births that decade — 45% of Shayli's all-time total
Shayli decade highlights
- Peak decade 159 births
- Runner-up 95 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Shayli's strongest decade
159 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Shayli by state
Where Shayli concentrates geographically — total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Utah | | 6 | 1.7% |
6 of 353 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Utah 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Utah accounts for 1.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1988–2023 (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.