Shaylynn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHAY-lin
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Shaylynn is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
Where does Shaylynn come from?
Modern: blend of Shay and Lynn
Is Shaylynn a girl's or a boy's name?
Shaylynn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shaylynn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Shaylynn, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,077th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 120 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
2025 had fewer girls named Shaylynn than any year since 1985.
Half of all the girls named Shaylynn in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 98 girls in the US were given Shaylynn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,714, up from #7,883 for this spelling alone.
Shaylynn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 28 | #4,790 |
| 2021 | 30 | #4,503 |
| 2020 | 34 | #4,077 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 35 | #4,075 |
| 2017 | 43 | #3,551 |
| 2016 | 53 | #3,100 |
| 2015 | 45 | #3,478 |
| 2014 | 73 | #2,469 |
| 2013 | 67 | #2,625 |
| 2012 | 72 | #2,516 |
| 2011 | 62 | #2,795 |
| 2010 | 78 | #2,405 |
| 2009 | 120 | #1,792 |
| 2008 | 115 | #1,854 |
| 2007 | 98 | #2,071 |
| 2006 | 86 | #2,229 |
| 2005 | 74 | #2,375 |
| 2004 | 72 | #2,367 |
| 2003 | 68 | #2,410 |
| 2002 | 71 | #2,285 |
| 2001 | 95 | #1,847 |
| 2000 | 88 | #1,919 |
| 1999 | 71 | #2,130 |
| 1998 | 85 | #1,816 |
| 1997 | 75 | #1,924 |
| 1996 | 60 | #2,226 |
| 1995 | 59 | #2,239 |
| 1994 | 52 | #2,427 |
| 1993 | 43 | #2,763 |
| 1992 | 42 | #2,825 |
| 1991 | 47 | #2,587 |
| 1990 | 23 | #4,225 |
| 1989 | 24 | #4,014 |
| 1988 | 28 | #3,388 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,069 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,185 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,898 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,625 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
Nicknames for Shaylynn
- Shay 100 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Shaylynn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brynn Teagan Braelynn Raelynn Brooklyn Cassidy Kaylynn Devyn Brynlee Reagan Kaitlyn Eden
Other spellings of Shaylynn
Shaelyn Shaelynn Sheylin Shaylyn Sheilyn Shaylin Shailynn Shealynn Shealyn
Names related to Shaylynn
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, “Shaylynn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shaylynn, updated 20 October 2026.