Shayleigh
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHAY-lee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Shayleigh is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
Where does Shayleigh come from?
Modern: blend of Shay and Leigh
Is Shayleigh a girl's or a boy's name?
Shayleigh is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shayleigh in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 18 girls.
Half of all the girls named Shayleigh in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shayleigh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 18 | #1,621 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Shayleigh in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 69% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Shayleigh, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 45 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
2025 had fewer girls named Shayleigh than any year since 1992.
Half of all the girls named Shayleigh in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 101 girls in the US were given Shayleigh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,677, up from #14,937 for this spelling alone.
Shayleigh in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 26 | #5,039 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 30 | #4,574 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 33 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 27 | #5,023 |
| 2013 | 36 | #4,074 |
| 2012 | 30 | #4,705 |
| 2011 | 40 | #3,780 |
| 2010 | 33 | #4,396 |
| 2009 | 45 | #3,560 |
| 2008 | 41 | #3,858 |
| 2007 | 38 | #4,049 |
| 2006 | 32 | #4,462 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 35 | #3,985 |
| 2003 | 42 | #3,408 |
| 2002 | 28 | #4,377 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,004 |
| 2000 | 28 | #4,286 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 24 | #4,489 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
Nicknames for Shayleigh
- Shay 100 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Shayleigh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira, Caoimhe, Niamh, Kayleigh, Eilidh, Eden, Nevaeh, Sienna, Ffion, Clodagh, Aoife, Caragh
Other spellings of Shayleigh
Names related to Shayleigh
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Shayleigh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shayleigh, updated 20 October 2026.