Shalinda — girls' name
270 babies named Shalinda in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
270 girls have been named Shalinda since 1971, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2004.
- 270
- total births
- 1971–2004
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 41%
- born in that decade
41% of everyone ever named Shalinda was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Shalinda in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shalinda
The Social Security Administration has registered 270 babies named Shalinda between 1971 and 2004, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shalinda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shalinda performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 112 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shalinda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shalinda 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 270 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.
Shalinda at a glance
Last recorded 2004Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shalinda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1971
- Peak year (1982)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2004.
270 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 16 births in a single year.
Shalinda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 112 births that decade — 41% of Shalinda's all-time total
Shalinda decade highlights
- Peak decade 112 births
- Runner-up 79 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shalinda's strongest decade
112 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
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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, 1971–2004 (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.