Shalyn

Last seen for girls in 2018 at #13,793

Peak · girls
1999 · 97 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,992
since 1966

Shalyn over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201966peak #1,688, 1999girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirths
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2018#13,7936
2017#8,77612
2016#11,7818
2015#8,93112
2014#16,5135
2013#6,01721
2012#6,87218
2011#6,14821
2010#4,73530
2009#5,53725
2008#2,88761
2007#3,60145
2006#3,26450
2005#3,08151
2004#2,80857
2003#2,34671
2002#1,93491
2001#2,33168
2000#1,77698
1999#1,68897
1998#2,06671
1997#2,22961
1996#2,10665
1995#2,18961
1994#2,38154
1993#1,70887
1992#1,83078
1991#2,38853
1990#2,46449
1989#2,40848
1988#2,09355
1987#2,72336
1986#2,22846
1985#2,48439
1984#2,34041
1983#2,47537
1982#3,26026
1981#2,56336
1980#2,48638
1979#2,99728
1978#3,63720
1977#2,38137
1976#3,67818
1975#5,9849
1974#6,2588
1973#5,5809
1972#5,9598
1971#8,3245
1970#5,06110
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First appearance
1966

The first year at least five girls were named Shalyn! It came in at #6,564, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1966–1967, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Shalyn
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
Rise & fade · girls
33 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1966
  • Peaked 1999 at #1,688 (97 births)
  • Births halved by 2007, 8 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 18,287
  • Highest: 1 in 18,287 girls born in 1999 were named Shalyn (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 283,512 girls born in 2018 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 33.9% of all girls named Shalyn (676) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s12#5,642 (1968)#6,103
1970s152#2,381 (1977)#4,986
1980s402#2,093 (1988)#2,506
1990s676#1,688 (1999)#2,105
2000s617#1,776 (2000)#2,957
2010s133#4,735 (2010)#9,285

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.

Shalyn in 1966

girls
#6,564
5 births · 1 in 338,435 girls

Top girls' names in 1966

  1. #1Lisa56,918
  2. #2Kimberly32,232
  3. #3Mary28,890
  4. #4Michelle27,159
  5. #5Karen25,450
  6. #6Susan23,776
  7. #7Patricia20,112
  8. #8Tammy18,621
  9. #9Angela18,532
  10. #10Jennifer18,215
  11. #6,564Shalyn5
More about 1966

girls

1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 338,435 of them was named Shalyn, which outranked 13.9% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shalyn
  1. #5,809Zara6
  2. #5,809Zenovia6
  3. #5,809Zettie6
  4. #6,564Shalyn5
  5. #6,564Abra5
  6. #6,564Acquanetta5
  7. #6,564Adana5

Tied with 1,060 names at #6,564; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. 6,121Tabatha#6,539#418
  2. 1,469Tabitha#1,993#524
  3. 1,325Joell#2,247#922
  4. 1,047Tatia#1,715#668
  5. 969Nichole#1,829#860
Fallers
  1. 398Barb#815#1,213
  2. 310Jewell#952#1,262
  3. 288Roxie#944#1,232
  4. 284Aretha#818#1,102
  5. 280Kecia#392#672

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

See the top 100 for 1966