Girls' name · since 1969
Leshonda
Leshonda has 160 recorded births since 1969 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1980 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,129 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 160
- born since 1969
- 1970s
- peak decade
Leshonda is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 160 have been recorded since 1969.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leshonda has been recorded 160 times among girls since 1969, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 1991.
- #22,129 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 160 born since 1969
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leshonda ranks #22,129 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 160 born since 1969, peaking in the 1970s.
- #22,129 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 160
- born since 1969
- 1970s
- peak decade
Leshonda's 160 recorded births place it above 69.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Leshonda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Leshonda's SSA record in two at 1979 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1971, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1980 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Leshonda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–1991
- Peak year (1980)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Leshonda by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (78 births, 49% of the file).
1970s was Leshonda's strongest decade.
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Leshonda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 8
1960s
8 births
- 1970s
1970s
78 births
- 1980s
1980s
59 births
- 1990s 15
1990s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 78 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Leshonda's decade-level peak was the 1970s (78 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Leshonda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~22 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1969–1991 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Leshonda draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.