Girls' name · since 1996
Shaylinn
78 babies named Shaylinn in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,960 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 78
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shaylinn is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 78 have been recorded since 1996.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shaylinn has been recorded 78 times among girls since 1996, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2014.
- #29,960 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 78 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shaylinn ranks #29,960 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 78 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #29,960 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 78
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shaylinn's 78 recorded births place it above 58.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shaylinn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shaylinn's full recorded timeline at 2005, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2002 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shaylinn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2014
- Peak year (2002)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Shaylinn by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (48 births, 62% of the file).
2000s was Shaylinn's strongest decade.
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Shaylinn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
48 births
- 2010s 18
2010s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 48 births (62% of all-time use).
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- Shaylinn's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (48 total births) through the 2010s (18) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shaylinn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~18 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, 1996–2014 (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 Shaylinn 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.