girls:
6.9k births since 1972
#1971 (66th percentile)
overall:
6.9k births since 1972
#3233 (58th percentile)
The name Shaylee is the #3,233 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 6,944 recorded births since 1972. This represents the 58.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 58.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,971 (65.5% percentile) for all time with 6,944 births since 1972.
Shaylee first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1972 (first recorded for girls in 1972). Birth data for Shaylee is available in 47 out of the 52 years between 1972 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Shaylee reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 34.5% percentile (ranked #633) with 166 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 168 births per million (ranked 34.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2007, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Shaylee ranks #893 for girls (5.7% percentile) with 34 births per million, which is 20.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shaylee".
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