Girls' name · since 2003
Shelyn
Shelyn has 11 recorded births since 2003 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #54,136 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Shelyn sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 11 recorded since 2003.
Social Security Administration records show Shelyn recorded 11 times among girls since 2003, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2015.
- #54,136 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 11 born since 2003
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shelyn ranks #54,136 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.
- #54,136 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Shelyn's 11 recorded births place it above 24.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shelyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shelyn splits its recorded history at 2015: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2003 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2015 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shelyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2015
- Peak year (2015)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Shelyn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (6 births, 55% of the file).
2010s was Shelyn's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Shelyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shelyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2003–2015 (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 Shelyn 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.