Given name
Shaili
“from the fairy palace; a fairy princess”
Shaili is a variant of Shaylee. One interpretation is “from the fairy palace; a fairy princess.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Shaili 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 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shaili through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 160
- 0 boys · 160 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,676 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,676 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 294 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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