Unisex name · since 1979
Shaylon
Since 1979, U.S. Social Security records show 166 babies named Shaylon, peaking in 2001. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,752 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 166
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
166 girls have been named Shaylon since 1979, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shaylon has 166 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2010.
- #21,752 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 166 born since 1979
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shaylon ranks #21,752 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 166 born since 1979, peaking in the 1990s.
- #21,752 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 166
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shaylon's 166 recorded births place it above 69.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shaylon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shaylon's full recorded timeline at 1995, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2001 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shaylon popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2010
- Peak year (2001)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Shaylon popularity over time - boys
87 total births recorded since 1981 (Shaylon as boys' name)
Shaylon by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (68 births, 41% of the file).
1990s was Shaylon's strongest decade.
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Shaylon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
34 births
- 1990s
1990s
68 births
- 2000s
2000s
54 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 68 births (41% of all-time use).
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What to do with Shaylon's data
- Shaylon's decade-level peak was the 1990s (68 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- 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 Shaylon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1979–2010 (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 Shaylon 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.