Shondale — boys' name
77 babies named Shondale in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
77 boys have been named Shondale since 1973, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2001.
- 77
- total births
- 1973–2001
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 39%
- born in that decade
39% of everyone ever named Shondale was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Shondale in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shondale
The Social Security Administration has registered 77 babies named Shondale between 1973 and 2001, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shondale currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Shondale is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 14 additional births since 1971.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shondale performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shondale shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shondale 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 77 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.
Shondale at a glance
Last recorded 2001Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shondale popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–1973
- Peak year (1996)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2001.
77 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 9 births in a single year.
Shondale popularity over time — girls
14 total births recorded since 1971 (Shondale as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Shondale accounts for 15% of total recorded use across both genders.
Shondale by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 30 births that decade — 39% of Shondale's all-time total
Shondale decade highlights
- Peak decade 30 births
- Runner-up 27 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shondale's strongest decade
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
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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, 1973–2001 (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.