Shelonda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shelonda

The Social Security Administration has registered 280 babies named Shelonda between 1966 and 1992, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shelonda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 31 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shelonda performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 177 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shelonda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shelonda in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shelonda 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 280 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.