Shaylin
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHAY-lin
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Shaylin is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
Where does Shaylin come from?
Modern: blend of Shay and Lynn
Is Shaylin a girl's or a boy's name?
Shaylin is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shaylin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Shaylin, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 91 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
2025 had fewer girls named Shaylin than any year since 1982.
Half of all the girls named Shaylin in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 98 girls in the US were given Shaylin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,714, up from #11,928 for this spelling alone.
Shaylin in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,394 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 24 | #5,304 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,849 |
| 2015 | 30 | #4,583 |
| 2014 | 47 | #3,367 |
| 2013 | 43 | #3,571 |
| 2012 | 46 | #3,463 |
| 2011 | 54 | #3,091 |
| 2010 | 66 | #2,691 |
| 2009 | 80 | #2,395 |
| 2008 | 77 | #2,462 |
| 2007 | 80 | #2,368 |
| 2006 | 81 | #2,328 |
| 2005 | 81 | #2,238 |
| 2004 | 75 | #2,306 |
| 2003 | 91 | #1,984 |
| 2002 | 82 | #2,078 |
| 2001 | 85 | #1,991 |
| 2000 | 86 | #1,948 |
| 1999 | 77 | #2,015 |
| 1998 | 73 | #2,023 |
| 1997 | 53 | #2,447 |
| 1996 | 56 | #2,337 |
| 1995 | 49 | #2,547 |
| 1994 | 33 | #3,367 |
| 1993 | 51 | #2,446 |
| 1992 | 36 | #3,139 |
| 1991 | 39 | #2,929 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,689 |
| 1989 | 25 | #3,887 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,280 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
Nicknames for Shaylin
- Shay 100 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Shaylin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan Brooklyn Kaylee Summer Aylin Brynn Reagan Kaitlyn Raelynn Heaven Logan Eden
Other spellings of Shaylin
Shaelyn Shaelynn Shaylynn Sheylin Shaylyn Sheilyn Shailynn Shealynn Shealyn
Names related to Shaylin
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
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, “Shaylin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shaylin, updated 20 October 2026.