Given name
Shayleigh
“from the fairy palace; a fairy princess”
Shayleigh is a variant of Shaylee. One interpretation is “from the fairy palace; a fairy princess.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Shayleigh 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 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shayleigh through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 787
- 0 boys · 787 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 45 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,905 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −68%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,905 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 67.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 45 in 2009. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 651 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.
Shayleigh’s family of names
Shayleigh has a related form in Shaylee.
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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