Shalanda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shalanda

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,744 babies named Shalanda between 1964 and 2005, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shalanda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 115 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shalanda performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 828 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shalanda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 101 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Shalanda in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shalanda 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 1,744 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.