Girls' name · since 1964
Shelinda
Shelinda has 47 recorded births since 1964 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1972 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #35,789 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 47
- born since 1964
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shelinda is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 47 have been recorded since 1964.
Social Security Administration records show Shelinda recorded 47 times among girls since 1964, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1964 to 1979.
- #35,789 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 47 born since 1964
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shelinda ranks #35,789 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 47 born since 1964, peaking in the 1970s.
- #35,789 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 47
- born since 1964
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shelinda's 47 recorded births place it above 50.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shelinda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shelinda splits its recorded history at 1973: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1964 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1972 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shelinda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–1979
- Peak year (1972)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Shelinda by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (42 births, 89% of the file).
1970s was Shelinda's strongest decade.
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 89% of all-time use.
Shelinda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
42 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 42 births (89% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shelinda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1972)
Similar record span (~15 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, 1964–1979 (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 Shelinda 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.