Girls' name · since 2021
Skailyn
Since 2021, U.S. Social Security records show 52 babies named Skailyn, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #34,667 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,875 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 52
- born since 2021
- 2020s
- peak decade
Skailyn currently ranks #4875 among girls' names in America, with 52 babies recorded since 2021.
Skailyn has 52 recorded births among girls since 2021, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4875 as of the latest data, more common than 72% 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 2021 to 2025.
- #34,667 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,875 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 52 born since 2021
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Skailyn ranks #34,667 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,875 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 52 born since 2021, peaking in the 2020s.
- #34,667 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,875 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 52
- born since 2021
- 2020s
- peak decade
Skailyn's 52 recorded births place it above 52.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Skailyn compares
52 16th 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
Skailyn's all-time total is 86% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Skailyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 52 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 21 | 19,840 |
Skailyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Skailyn splits its recorded history at 2024: 81% of all births land in the more recent half, 19% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2021 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 28 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Skailyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Skailyn by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (52 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Skailyn's strongest decade.
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Skailyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
52 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 52 births (100% of all-time use).
Skailyn by state
Where Skailyn concentrates geographically, total births since 2021
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 9.6% |
5 of 52 births nationwide.
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- Texas records the most Skailyns (5 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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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, 2021–2025 (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 Skailyn 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.