Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Shalyn

#4,486 most common girls' name of all time · #7,635 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1966–2018

Rank among girls
#4,486
Rank overall
#7,635 of 105,966
First appeared
1966
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
1,992
Since 2016
26
Peak year
2000 #1,784
Best rank
#1,700 1999
Girls Boys peak 98/yr
19802000

Shalyn first appears in 1966. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2018 6 — 6 #14,153
2017 12 — 12 #8,923
2016 8 — 8 #12,009
2015 12 — 12 #9,067
2014 5 — 5 #17,012
2013 21 — 21 #6,096
2012 18 — 18 #6,963
2011 21 — 21 #6,206
2010 30 — 30 #4,772
2009 25 — 25 #5,602
2008 61 — 61 #2,902
2007 45 — 45 #3,622
2006 50 — 50 #3,283
2005 51 — 51 #3,100
2004 57 — 57 #2,827
2003 71 — 71 #2,352
2002 91 — 91 #1,949
2001 68 — 68 #2,345
2000 98 — 98 #1,784
1999 97 — 97 #1,700
1998 71 — 71 #2,073
1997 61 — 61 #2,245
1996 65 — 65 #2,118
1995 61 — 61 #2,204
1994 54 — 54 #2,400
1993 87 — 87 #1,719
1992 78 — 78 #1,839
1991 53 — 53 #2,408
1990 49 — 49 #2,481
1989 48 — 48 #2,431
1988 55 — 55 #2,122
1987 36 — 36 #2,757
1986 46 — 46 #2,253
1985 39 — 39 #2,530
1984 41 — 41 #2,372
1983 37 — 37 #2,503
1982 26 — 26 #3,315
1981 36 — 36 #2,601
1980 38 — 38 #2,530
1979 28 — 28 #3,057
1978 20 — 20 #3,743
1977 37 — 37 #2,413
1976 18 — 18 #3,775
1975 9 — 9 #6,314
1974 8 — 8 #6,663
1973 9 — 9 #5,931
1972 8 — 8 #6,407
1971 5 — 5 #9,090
1970 10 — 10 #5,365
1968 7 — 7 #6,158
1966 5 — 5 #7,573