Shalandra — girls' name
241 babies named Shalandra in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
241 girls have been named Shalandra since 1972, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1996.
- 241
- total births
- 1972–1996
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 49%
- born in that decade
49% of everyone ever named Shalandra was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Shalandra in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shalandra
The Social Security Administration has registered 241 babies named Shalandra between 1972 and 1996, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shalandra currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shalandra performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 117 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shalandra shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Shalandra in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shalandra 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 241 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.
Shalandra at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shalandra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1972
- Peak year (1980)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
241 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 18 births in a single year.
Shalandra by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 117 births that decade — 49% of Shalandra's all-time total
Shalandra decade highlights
- Peak decade 117 births
- Runner-up 74 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shalandra's strongest decade
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Shalandra by state
Where Shalandra concentrates geographically — total births since 1972
Top 5 states
- Florida 2.1% of nationwide
- Texas 2.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 2.1% 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, 1972–1996 (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.