Girls' name · since 1968
Shlonda
118 babies named Shlonda in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,355 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 118
- born since 1968
- 1970s
- peak decade
118 girls have been named Shlonda since 1968, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Shlonda recorded 118 times among girls since 1968, 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 1968 to 1991.
- #25,355 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 118 born since 1968
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shlonda ranks #25,355 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 118 born since 1968, peaking in the 1970s.
- #25,355 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 118
- born since 1968
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shlonda's 118 recorded births place it above 64.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shlonda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shlonda splits its recorded history at 1978: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1975 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1974 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shlonda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–1991
- Peak year (1974)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Shlonda by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (68 births, 58% of the file).
1970s was Shlonda's strongest decade.
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Shlonda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
68 births
- 1980s
1980s
39 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 68 births (58% of all-time use).
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What to do with Shlonda's data
- Shlonda's decade-level peak was the 1970s (68 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shlonda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1974)
Similar record span (~23 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, 1968–1991 (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 Shlonda 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.