girls:
12 births since 1994
#5704 (0th percentile)
boys:
11 births since 2000
#4575 (0th percentile)
overall:
23 births since 1994
#7716 (0th percentile)
The name Sheldyn is the #7,716 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 23 recorded births since 1994. This represents the 0.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,704 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 12 births since 1994. For boys, it ranks #4,575 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 11 births since 2000.
Sheldyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1994 (1994 for girls and 2000 for boys). Birth data for Sheldyn is available in 4 out of the 14 years between 1994 and 2007. 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.
The name Sheldyn is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2007, 100.0% of babies named Sheldyn were boys.
For girls, Sheldyn reached its peak popularity in 1996, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #857) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1996, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1996.
For boys, Sheldyn reached its peak popularity in 2000, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #813) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2000, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2007.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sheldyn".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Sheldyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.4% confident that Sheldyn is pronounced as SHEHL-dihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHEHL-duhn, at 14.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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