Shaylan
The Story of Shaylan
As a girl name
Shaylan first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1981, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2000: 22 births, good for #5,151 nationwide. The 2000s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 48% of all recorded Shaylans. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2021 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 328 Shaylans have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Shaylan on the record books as a boy name in 1993, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2012, when 9 Shaylans were born — ranking #8,158 that year. The 2010s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 40% of all recorded Shaylans. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2015 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 60 Shaylans have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Shaylan
Shaylan is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1981 and has accumulated 328 births in the dataset. Shaylan's peak popularity came in 2000 when it ranked #5,151. Use the chart and map above to compare Shaylan's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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