Shalonda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shalonda

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,632 babies named Shalonda between 1963 and 2009, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shalonda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 261 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shalonda performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 1,933 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shalonda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 326 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Shalonda in 25 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shalonda 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 4,632 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.