Sherlonda — girls' name
156 babies named Sherlonda in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
156 girls have been named Sherlonda since 1965, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1990.
- 156
- total births
- 1965–1990
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 64%
- born in that decade
64% of everyone ever named Sherlonda was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Sherlonda in 1972 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sherlonda
The Social Security Administration has registered 156 babies named Sherlonda between 1965 and 1990, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sherlonda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sherlonda performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 100 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Sherlonda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sherlonda in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sherlonda 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 156 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.
Sherlonda at a glance
Last recorded 1990Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sherlonda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–1965
- Peak year (1972)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1990.
156 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1972 with 16 births in a single year.
Sherlonda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 100 births that decade — 64% of Sherlonda's all-time total
Sherlonda decade highlights
- Peak decade 100 births
- Runner-up 26 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Sherlonda's strongest decade
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 64% of all-time use.
Sherlonda by state
Where Sherlonda concentrates geographically — total births since 1965
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 6 | 3.8% |
6 of 156 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 3.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 3.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1965–1990 (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.