Shelbylynn — girls' name
139 babies named Shelbylynn in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
139 girls have been named Shelbylynn since 1991, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2016.
- 139
- total births
- 1991–2016
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
50% of everyone ever named Shelbylynn was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Shelbylynn in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shelbylynn
The Social Security Administration has registered 139 babies named Shelbylynn between 1991 and 2016, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shelbylynn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shelbylynn performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 70 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shelbylynn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shelbylynn 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 139 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.
Shelbylynn at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shelbylynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1991
- Peak year (1991)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
139 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 15 births in a single year.
Shelbylynn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 70 births that decade — 50% of Shelbylynn's all-time total
Shelbylynn decade highlights
- Peak decade 70 births
- Runner-up 59 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shelbylynn's strongest decade
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
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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, 1991–2016 (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.