Shaelyn Girl
How popular is Shaelyn?
#6,324 girl name in 2025
18 baby girls were named Shaelyn in the US in 2025, making it the 6324th most popular girl name.
Shaelyn popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #6,324 for girls (▼ 365 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 18 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-77% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,340 in 2015, #3,498 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2000 (177 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,147 in 2000 |
| First recorded | 1976 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Shaelyn counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Shaelyn family of names ranked #2,928 for girls in 2025 (#2,423 the year before), with 34 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Shaelyn | 18 | 53% |
| Shaelynn | 16 | 47% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Shaelyn is most popular
Babies named Shaelyn per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Shaelyn by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 17 | #5,426 |
| 1980s | 133 | #3,328 |
| 1990s | 845 | #1,174 |
| 2000s | 1,534 | #1,147 |
| 2010s | 791 | #1,521 |
| 2020s | 174 | #3,490 |
Girl names about as popular as Shaelyn
Questions
- Is Shaelyn a boy or girl name?
- Shaelyn is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Shaelyn were girls.
- How popular is the name Shaelyn?
- 18 baby girls were named Shaelyn in the US in 2025, making it the 6324th most popular girl name.
- When was Shaelyn most popular?
- Shaelyn peaked in 2000, when 177 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,147 in 2000.
- How many people are named Shaelyn?
- 3,494 babies have been named Shaelyn in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,457 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 21.
- Where is Shaelyn most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Shaelyn was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.