Shaylin

Shaylin was the #11,932 girls' name in the US in 2025 (7 babies), and #3,044 in Canada.

Shaylin as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Shaylin as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Shaylin as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#11,932 (7)—#3,044 (6)
2024#8,946 (11)—#3,383 (5)
2023#9,616 (10)——
2022#7,631 (14)——
2021#5,398 (23)——
2020#7,559 (14)——
2019#5,306 (24)——
2018#5,619 (22)#5,666 (3)—
2017#6,808 (17)—#3,307 (5)
2016#4,850 (28)——
2015#4,584 (30)—#2,599 (7)
2014#3,369 (47)——
2013#3,573 (43)——
2012#3,464 (46)—#2,013 (10)
2011#3,092 (54)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2003 at #1,985.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1977.

How common is it?

about 1 in 250,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 250,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 25,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Shaylin is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 310,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 210,000 to 1 in 450,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ShaylinCanadaGirls#3,0446
ShaylinEngland & WalesGirls—too few
ShaylinEngland & WalesBoys—too few
ShaylinUSGirls#11,9327
ShaylinUSBoys—too few