Shilynn — girls' name
180 babies named Shilynn in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
180 girls have been named Shilynn since 1993, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2019.
- 180
- total births
- 1993–2019
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 60%
- born in that decade
60% of everyone ever named Shilynn was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Shilynn in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shilynn
The Social Security Administration has registered 180 babies named Shilynn between 1993 and 2019, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shilynn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shilynn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 108 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shilynn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shilynn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shilynn 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 180 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.
Shilynn at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shilynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1993
- Peak year (2008)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
180 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 20 births in a single year.
Shilynn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 108 births that decade — 60% of Shilynn's all-time total
Shilynn decade highlights
- Peak decade 108 births
- Runner-up 43 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Shilynn's strongest decade
108 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
Shilynn by state
Where Shilynn concentrates geographically — total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 5 | 2.8% |
5 of 180 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Ohio 2.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 2.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1993–2019 (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.