Girls' name · since 2002
Sheyli
212 babies named Sheyli in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,230 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,188 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 212
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Sheyli is the #8188 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 212 recorded since 2002.
Sheyli has 212 recorded births among girls since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8188 as of the latest data, more common than 53% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #19,230 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,188 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 212 born since 2002
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sheyli ranks #19,230 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,188 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 212 born since 2002, peaking in the 2020s.
- #19,230 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,188 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 212
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sheyli's 212 recorded births place it above 73.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Sheyli compares
212 38th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sheyli's all-time total is 44% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sheyli | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 212 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sheyli's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sheyli splits its recorded history at 2014: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2012 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sheyli popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Sheyli by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (85 births, 40% of the file).
2020s was Sheyli's strongest decade.
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Sheyli births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
50 births
- 2010s
2010s
77 births
- 2020s
2020s
85 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 85 births (40% of all-time use).
Sheyli by state
Where Sheyli concentrates geographically, total births since 2002
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- Texas records the most Sheylis (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sheyli: 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 (~23 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, 2002–2025 (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 Sheyli 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.