Shylynn — #11392 US girls' name
420 babies named Shylynn in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 35% of names given to girls today.
47% of everyone ever named Shylynn was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Shylynn in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shylynn
The Social Security Administration has registered 420 babies named Shylynn between 1988 and 2024, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shylynn currently holds the #11392 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 27 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shylynn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 196 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shylynn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shylynn 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 420 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.
Shylynn at a glance
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Current rank
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Shylynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1988
- Peak year (2004)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
Currently ranks #11392 among girls.
420 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 27 births in a single year.
Shylynn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 196 births that decade — 47% of Shylynn's all-time total
Shylynn decade highlights
- Peak decade 196 births
- Runner-up 126 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Shylynn's strongest decade
196 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% 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, 1988–2024 (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.