Girls' name · since 1971
Shalinda
Shalinda has 270 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1982 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,867 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 270
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shalinda sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 270 recorded since 1971.
Social Security Administration records show Shalinda recorded 270 times among girls since 1971, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2004.
- #16,867 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 270 born since 1971
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shalinda ranks #16,867 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 270 born since 1971, peaking in the 1980s.
- #16,867 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 270
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shalinda's 270 recorded births place it above 76.67% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shalinda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shalinda's SSA record in two at 1984 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1972, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 1982 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shalinda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2004
- Peak year (1982)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Shalinda by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (112 births, 41% of the file).
1980s was Shalinda's strongest decade.
112 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Shalinda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
79 births
- 1980s
1980s
112 births
- 1990s
1990s
73 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 112 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Shalinda's decade-level peak was the 1980s (112 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2000s -- 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 Shalinda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~33 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, 1971–2004 (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 Shalinda 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.