Girls' name · since 1967
Sholanda
Sholanda has 309 recorded births since 1967 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1975 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,661 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 309
- born since 1967
- 1970s
- peak decade
Sholanda sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 309 recorded since 1967.
Sholanda has 309 recorded births among girls since 1967, 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 1967 to 1992.
- #15,661 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 309 born since 1967
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sholanda ranks #15,661 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 309 born since 1967, peaking in the 1970s.
- #15,661 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 309
- born since 1967
- 1970s
- peak decade
Sholanda's 309 recorded births place it above 78.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Louisiana.
Sholanda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sholanda splits its recorded history at 1979: 42% of all births land in the more recent half, 58% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1967 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1975 peak of 34 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sholanda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–1992
- Peak year (1975)
- 34
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Sholanda by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (180 births, 58% of the file).
1970s was Sholanda's strongest decade.
180 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Sholanda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 13
1960s
13 births
- 1970s
1970s
180 births
- 1980s
1980s
104 births
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 180 births (58% of all-time use).
Sholanda by state
Where Sholanda concentrates geographically, total births since 1967
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 7 | 2.3% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 5 | 1.6% |
7 of 309 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Sholanda's decade-level peak was the 1970s (180 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Louisiana records the most Sholandas (7 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Louisiana 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 Sholanda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1967–1992 (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 Sholanda 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.