Girls' name · since 1966
Shelonda
Shelonda has 280 recorded births since 1966 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1972 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,511 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 280
- born since 1966
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shelonda is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 280 have been recorded since 1966.
Shelonda has 280 recorded births among girls since 1966, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 1992.
- #16,511 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 280 born since 1966
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shelonda ranks #16,511 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 280 born since 1966, peaking in the 1970s.
- #16,511 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 280
- born since 1966
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shelonda's 280 recorded births place it above 77.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Illinois.
Shelonda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shelonda's SSA record in two at 1977 and the more recent half accounts for 39% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 61%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1966, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1972 peak of 31, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shelonda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–1992
- Peak year (1972)
- 31
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Shelonda by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (177 births, 63% of the file).
1970s was Shelonda's strongest decade.
177 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Shelonda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 33
1960s
33 births
- 1970s
1970s
177 births
- 1980s 54
1980s
54 births
- 1990s 16
1990s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 177 births (63% of all-time use).
Shelonda by state
Where Shelonda concentrates geographically, total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 16 | 5.7% |
16 of 280 births nationwide.
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- Shelonda's decade-level peak was the 1970s (177 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Illinois records the most Shelondas (16 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Illinois names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shelonda: 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 (~26 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, 1966–1992 (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 Shelonda 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.