Shaylene
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- shay-LEEN
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Shaylene is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
Where does Shaylene come from?
Modern: modern coinage, Shay plus the -lene ending as in Charlene
Is Shaylene a girl's or a boy's name?
Shaylene is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shaylene in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Shaylene, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1993, with 48 girls. It first appears in the records in 1969.
Half of all the girls named Shaylene in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shaylene in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,581 |
| 2002 | 32 | #3,974 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 26 | #4,309 |
| 1998 | 34 | #3,494 |
| 1997 | 34 | #3,362 |
| 1996 | 30 | #3,627 |
| 1995 | 26 | #3,964 |
| 1994 | 32 | #3,443 |
| 1993 | 48 | #2,568 |
| 1992 | 39 | #2,969 |
| 1991 | 41 | #2,837 |
| 1990 | 43 | #2,690 |
| 1989 | 41 | #2,708 |
| 1988 | 35 | #2,926 |
| 1987 | 28 | #3,254 |
| 1986 | 25 | #3,457 |
| 1985 | 20 | #3,982 |
| 1984 | 24 | #3,422 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 19 | #4,024 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,745 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,060 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
Names like Shaylene
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaylee, Kylie, Cassidy, Kaitlyn, Brynn, Teagan, Brielle, Brooklyn, Brynlee, Brianna, Brooke, Brylee
Names related to Shaylene
Shaelyn, Shaelynn, Shaylynn, Saleen, Shaylin, Shaylyn, Shealynn, Shailyn
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Shaylene: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shaylene, updated 20 October 2026.