Given name
Shayley
“from the fairy palace; a fairy princess”
Shayley is a variant of Shaylee. One interpretation is “from the fairy palace; a fairy princess.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Shayley 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 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shayley through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 263
- 0 boys · 263 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 20 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 284 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.
Shayley’s family of names
Shayley has a related form in Shaylee.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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