Shaelyn

#6,325 for girls in 2025, 18 births

Peak · girls
2000 · 177 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,494
since 1976

Shaelyn over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Shaelyn has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202005peak #1,149, 2000girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#6,32518
2024#5,96220
2023#5,24824
2022#5,17225
2021#3,49144
2020#3,49843
2019#4,00636
2018#3,24549
2017#3,01454
2016#2,82960
2015#2,34079
2014#2,61567
2013#2,02096
2012#2,01696
2011#1,874107
2010#1,521147
2009#1,432163
2008#1,554148
2007#1,468159
2006#1,403161
2005#1,451146
2004#1,480136
2003#1,297160
2002#1,328146
2001#1,378138
2000#1,149177
1999#1,222155
1998#1,176159
1997#1,466112
1996#1,503107
1995#2,15562
1994#1,92973
1993#3,05238
1992#2,15662
1991#3,09736
1990#2,79941
1989#3,47729
1988#6,27712
1987#3,33127
1986#4,34718
1985#6,9559
1984#5,22213
1983#5,14813
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First appearance
1976

The first year at least five girls were named Shaelyn! It came in at #9,284, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1976–1978, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Shaelyn is popular in 2005

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Shaelyn, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Shaelyn, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Shaelyn, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Shaelyn, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Shaelyn, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Shaelyn, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Shaelyn, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Shaelyn, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Shaelyn, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Shaelyn, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Shaelyn, so not publishedWIMichigan: #1,085 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,893 girlsMINew York: #1,854 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 15,847 girlsNYMassachusetts: #697 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,749 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Shaelyn, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Shaelyn, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Shaelyn, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Shaelyn, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Shaelyn, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Shaelyn, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Shaelyn, so not publishedINOhio: #1,361 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 11,456 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Shaelyn, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #1,115 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,119 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Shaelyn, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,656 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 15,361 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Shaelyn, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Shaelyn, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Shaelyn, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Shaelyn, so not publishedMOKentucky: #651 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,938 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Shaelyn, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Shaelyn, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Shaelyn, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Shaelyn, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Shaelyn, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Shaelyn, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Shaelyn, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Shaelyn, so not publishedARTennessee: #964 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,215 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Shaelyn, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Shaelyn, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Shaelyn, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Shaelyn, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Shaelyn, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Shaelyn, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Shaelyn, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Shaelyn, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Shaelyn, so not publishedHITexas: #1,979 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 17,845 girlsTXFlorida: #1,967 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 17,141 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Kentucky#651 · 1 in 3,938
  2. Massachusetts#697 · 1 in 4,749
  3. Tennessee#964 · 1 in 6,215
  4. Michigan#1,085 · 1 in 7,893
  5. New Jersey#1,115 · 1 in 8,119

Best ever in a state: #246 in Idaho, 1998.

Show every state
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Kentucky#65151 in 3,938
Massachusetts#69761 in 4,749
Tennessee#96451 in 6,215
Michigan#1,08561 in 7,893
New Jersey#1,11551 in 8,119
Ohio#1,36151 in 11,456
California#1,656151 in 15,361
New York#1,85461 in 15,847
Florida#1,96751 in 17,141
Texas#1,97991 in 17,845
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Shaelyn
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 363 spots since 2024 (#5,962 → #6,325)
  • 2,827 spots since 2020 (#3,498 → #6,325)
  • 3,985 spots since 2015 (#2,340 → #6,325)
Rise & fade · girls
24 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1976
  • Peaked 2000 at #1,149 (177 births)
  • Births halved by 2014, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 10,260
  • Highest: 1 in 10,260 girls born in 2000 were named Shaelyn (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 89,293 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 43.9% of all girls named Shaelyn (1,534) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s17#5,427 (1979)#7,356
1980s133#3,331 (1987)#5,038
1990s845#1,176 (1998)#2,056
2000s1,534#1,149 (2000)#1,394
2010s791#1,521 (2010)#2,548
2020s174#3,491 (2021)#4,949

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Shaelyn in 2005

girls
#1,451
146 births · 1 in 12,656 girls

Top girls' names in 2005

  1. #1Emily23,952
  2. #2Emma20,362
  3. #3Madison19,578
  4. #4Abigail15,756
  5. #5Olivia15,700
  6. #6Isabella15,197
  7. #7Hannah14,854
  8. #8Samantha13,642
  9. #9Ava13,606
  10. #10Ashley13,276
  11. #1,451Shaelyn146
More about 2005

girls

1,847,842 girls got a published name in 2005; 1 in 12,656 of them was named Shaelyn, which outranked 92.4% of the 19,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shaelyn
  1. #1,444Maddie147
  2. #1,444Michele147
  3. #1,444Rosalie147
  4. #1,451Shaelyn146
  5. #1,451Alyssia146
  6. #1,451Amaria146
  7. #1,451Izabel146
  8. #1,462Chelsie145
  9. #1,462Lilyanna145
  10. #1,462Makenzi145

Tied with 10 names at #1,451; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2004
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,271Mikalah#7,077 → #806
  2. ↑ 2,724Yuridia#3,689 → #965
  3. ↑ 2,236Naima#3,127 → #891
  4. ↑ 1,924Karol#2,742 → #818
  5. ↑ 1,125Karma#1,972 → #847
Fallers
  1. ↓ 397Rhea#908 → #1,305
  2. ↓ 360Laisha#789 → #1,149
  3. ↓ 334Ashtyn#956 → #1,290
  4. ↓ 285Hunter#742 → #1,027
  5. ↓ 282Angeles#973 → #1,255

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2005 →