Shalyn

Girl · recorded 1966–2018

  • 2018last recorded
  • 1999best year

Most popular in 1999.

Last recorded in 2018. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1966

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 51 recorded years as a table
Shalyn, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19663
19684
19706
19713
19725
19736
19745
19756
197612
197724
197813
197917
198023
198122
198215
198322
198424
198523
198627
198721
198831
198926
199026
199128
199242
199348
199430
199535
199637
199735
199840
199955
200054
200138
200251
200339
200431
200528
200626
200723
200832
200914
201017
201112
201210
201312
20143
20157
20165
20177
20184

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Shalyn isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2018
6
Rank in 2018
#13,793
How rare
1 in 283,512 girls
Since 1966
1,992

Shalyn was last recorded in 2018. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1999, at 55 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Shalyn doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.