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.

Shaylyn

#4,330 most common girls' name of all time · #7,372 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1976–2025

Rank among girls
#4,330
Rank overall
#7,372 of 105,966
First appeared
1976
Years on the list
48 of 146
All-time
2,109
Since 2016
126
Peak year
1993 #1,706
Best rank
#1,706 1993
Girls Boys peak 88/yr
198020002020

Shaylyn first appears in 1976. 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
2025 9 — 9 #10,329
2024 8 — 8 #11,382
2023 5 — 5 #15,748
2022 17 — 17 #6,804
2021 13 — 13 #8,153
2020 15 — 15 #7,338
2019 9 — 9 #10,715
2018 20 — 20 #6,102
2017 16 — 16 #7,219
2016 14 — 14 #8,127
2015 33 — 33 #4,339
2014 31 — 31 #4,593
2013 24 — 24 #5,551
2012 28 — 28 #5,036
2011 49 — 49 #3,323
2010 59 — 59 #2,926
2009 57 — 57 #3,016
2008 53 — 53 #3,188
2007 75 — 75 #2,499
2006 64 — 64 #2,770
2005 70 — 70 #2,494
2004 70 — 70 #2,438
2003 59 — 59 #2,695
2002 77 — 77 #2,169
2001 79 — 79 #2,110
2000 87 — 87 #1,947
1999 82 — 82 #1,927
1998 86 — 86 #1,815
1997 83 — 83 #1,812
1996 81 — 81 #1,816
1995 66 — 66 #2,077
1994 77 — 77 #1,858
1993 88 — 88 #1,706
1992 69 — 69 #2,007
1991 62 — 62 #2,162
1990 70 — 70 #1,972
1989 58 — 58 #2,143
1988 37 — 37 #2,859
1987 30 — 30 #3,164
1986 27 — 27 #3,352
1985 25 — 25 #3,514
1984 15 — 15 #4,947
1983 17 — 17 #4,464
1982 16 — 16 #4,707
1981 20 — 20 #4,001
1980 22 — 22 #3,717
1979 31 — 31 #2,858
1976 6 — 6 #9,226