Shaylene
Shaylene was the 14683rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1993, when it ranked 2596th with 48 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 7,991 places. More babies were named Shaylene in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #14,683 girls, down 1,408 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 6girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 199348 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,000babies recorded
Shaylene popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #14,683 | 6 |
| 2020 | #13,275 | 7 |
| 2010 | #7,832 | 16 |
| 2000 | #6,758 | 16 |
| 1990 | #2,733 | 43 |
| 1980 | #6,693 | 10 |
| 1970 | #5,343 | 10 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Shaylene, counting every spelling?
Shaylene is a spelling of Shaelynn, a name family that had 83 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 83 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shaelynn | 16 | #7,090 | 134 |
| Shaelyn | 18 | #6,516 | 131 |
| Shaylynn | 13 | #8,275 | 115 |
| Shaylin | 7 | #12,985 | 65 |
| Shaylyn | 9 | #10,791 | 52 |
| Sheilyn | 8 | #11,783 | 37 |
| Shailene | — | — | 35 |
| Shailyn | — | — | 32 |
| Shaylene | 6 | #14,683 | 26 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Shaylene?
6 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Shaylene (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Shaylene born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,368 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Shaylene.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Shaylene?
About 1,000 people born in the US named Shaylene are alive today, with a median age of 32; half are between 22 and 38. That makes Shaylene mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Shaylene: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Shaylene, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Shaylene
How popular is the name Shaylene?
Shaylene was the 14683rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1993, when it ranked 2596th with 48 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 7,991 places. More babies were named Shaylene in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Shaylene a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Shaylene in the US.