Given name
Shailey
“from the fairy palace; a fairy princess”
Shailey is a variant of Shaylee. One interpretation is “from the fairy palace; a fairy princess.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Shailey is a variant of Shaylee. One interpretation is “from the fairy palace; a fairy princess.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1989. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shailey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 409
- 0 boys · 409 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 28 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −58%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 28 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 372 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Shailey’s family of names
Shailey has a related form in Shaylee.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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