Shalyn
Last seen for girls in 2018 at #13,793
- Peak · girls
- 1999 · 97 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,992since 1966
Shalyn over time
Rank among girls' names. Shalyn has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 |
| 2015 | #8,931 | 12 |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 |
| 2013 | #6,017 | 21 |
| 2012 | #6,872 | 18 |
| 2011 | #6,148 | 21 |
| 2010 | #4,735 | 30 |
| 2009 | #5,537 | 25 |
| 2008 | #2,887 | 61 |
| 2007 | #3,601 | 45 |
| 2006 | #3,264 | 50 |
| 2005 | #3,081 | 51 |
| 2004 | #2,808 | 57 |
| 2003 | #2,346 | 71 |
| 2002 | #1,934 | 91 |
| 2001 | #2,331 | 68 |
| 2000 | #1,776 | 98 |
| 1999 | #1,688 | 97 |
| 1998 | #2,066 | 71 |
| 1997 | #2,229 | 61 |
| 1996 | #2,106 | 65 |
| 1995 | #2,189 | 61 |
| 1994 | #2,381 | 54 |
| 1993 | #1,708 | 87 |
| 1992 | #1,830 | 78 |
| 1991 | #2,388 | 53 |
| 1990 | #2,464 | 49 |
| 1989 | #2,408 | 48 |
| 1988 | #2,093 | 55 |
| 1987 | #2,723 | 36 |
| 1986 | #2,228 | 46 |
| 1985 | #2,484 | 39 |
| 1984 | #2,340 | 41 |
| 1983 | #2,475 | 37 |
| 1982 | #3,260 | 26 |
| 1981 | #2,563 | 36 |
| 1980 | #2,486 | 38 |
| 1979 | #2,997 | 28 |
| 1978 | #3,637 | 20 |
| 1977 | #2,381 | 37 |
| 1976 | #3,678 | 18 |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 |
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| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 |
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| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 |
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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.
Where Shalyn is popular in 1999
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#498 · 1 in 2,828
- Kentucky#570 · 1 in 4,015
- Indiana#669 · 1 in 4,745
- Ohio#743 · 1 in 6,154
- Illinois#1,486 · 1 in 13,966
Best ever in a state: #303 in West Virginia, 2002.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| South Carolina | #498 | 6 | 1 in 2,828 |
| Kentucky | #570 | 5 | 1 in 4,015 |
| Indiana | #669 | 7 | 1 in 4,745 |
| Ohio | #743 | 10 | 1 in 6,154 |
| Illinois | #1,486 | 5 | 1 in 13,966 |
| Texas | #1,815 | 8 | 1 in 18,403 |
| California | #2,255 | 8 | 1 in 27,382 |
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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 Shalyn
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
- Debuted 1966
- Peaked 1999 at #1,688 (97 births)
- Births halved by 2007, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 33.9% of all girls named Shalyn (676) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12 | #5,642 (1968) | #6,103 |
| 1970s | 152 | #2,381 (1977) | #4,986 |
| 1980s | 402 | #2,093 (1988) | #2,506 |
| 1990s | 676 | #1,688 (1999) | #2,105 |
| 2000s | 617 | #1,776 (2000) | #2,957 |
| 2010s | 133 | #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 1999
Top girls' names in 1999
More about 1999
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1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 18,287 of them was named Shalyn, which outranked 90.0% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,678Kyana98
- #1,678Sunny98
- #1,678Yoselin98
- #1,688Shalyn97
- #1,688Abriana97
- #1,688Ajah97
- #1,688Alisia97
- #1,707Alexander96
- #1,707Alexsandra96
- #1,707Caley96
Tied with 18 names at #1,688; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.