Shaylyn — #11315 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Shaylyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,100 babies named Shaylyn between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shaylyn currently holds the #11315 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 88 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaylyn performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 764 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Shaylyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 104 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Utah and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Shaylyn in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shaylyn 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 2,100 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.