Shaylee
Shaylee is a feminine given name of Gaelic origin. The name means "admirable" and is related to the Irish name Shea.
Meaning & Origin of Shaylee
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shaylee is a feminine given name of Gaelic origin. The name means "admirable" and is related to the Irish name Shea.
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The Story of Shaylee
American parents first put Shaylee on the record books as a baby girl name in 1972, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2007, when 356 Shaylees were born — ranking #803 that year. About 44% of every Shaylee on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Shaylee ranks #3,663 for baby girls with 42 births, falling sharply (-50%). All told, over 7K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Shaylee
Shaylee is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1972 and has accumulated 7K births in the dataset. Shaylee's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #758. Use the chart and map above to compare Shaylee'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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