# Shaelyn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/shaelyn/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,494 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 3,494 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 107 | 1,883 |
| 2012 | 96 | 2,024 |
| 2013 | 96 | 2,029 |
| 2014 | 67 | 2,646 |
| 2015 | 79 | 2,349 |
| 2016 | 60 | 2,861 |
| 2017 | 54 | 3,046 |
| 2018 | 49 | 3,284 |
| 2019 | 36 | 4,062 |
| 2020 | 43 | 3,536 |
| 2021 | 44 | 3,545 |
| 2022 | 25 | 5,281 |
| 2023 | 24 | 5,362 |
| 2024 | 20 | 6,125 |
| 2025 | 18 | 6,516 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.