Aldona — girls' name
925 babies named Aldona in U.S. Social Security records since 1905, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
39% of everyone ever named Aldona was born in this single decade.
65 babies were named Aldona in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Aldona
The Social Security Administration has registered 925 babies named Aldona between 1905 and 1970, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aldona currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1970. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 65 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Aldona performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 360 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Aldona shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 181 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Aldona in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Aldona in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 925 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Aldona at a glance
Last recorded 1970Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Aldona popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–1905
- Peak year (1920)
- 65
- Annual births at peak — across 66 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1970.
925 total births across 66 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 65 births in a single year.
Aldona by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 360 births that decade — 39% of Aldona's all-time total
Aldona decade highlights
- Peak decade 360 births
- Runner-up 333 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Aldona's strongest decade
360 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Aldona by state
Where Aldona concentrates geographically — total births since 1905
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 181 | 19.6% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 164 | 17.7% |
| #3 | Massachusetts | | 98 | 10.6% |
| #4 | New York | | 41 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Connecticut | | 5 | 0.5% |
181 of 925 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 19.6% of nationwide
- Illinois 17.7% of nationwide
- Massachusetts 10.6% of nationwide
- New York 4.4% of nationwide
- Connecticut 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 19.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1905–1970 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.