Unisex name · since 1967
Shondel
Shondel has 24 recorded births since 1967 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1973 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #43,819 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 24
- born since 1967
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shondel sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 24 recorded since 1967.
Shondel has 24 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 1973.
- #43,819 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 24 born since 1967
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shondel ranks #43,819 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 24 born since 1967, peaking in the 1970s.
- #43,819 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 24
- born since 1967
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shondel's 24 recorded births place it above 39.32% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shondel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shondel splits its recorded history at 1972: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1967 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1973 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shondel popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–1973
- Peak year (1973)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Shondel popularity over time - boys
24 total births recorded since 1973 (Shondel as boys' name)
Shondel by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (13 births, 54% of the file).
1970s was Shondel's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Shondel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
11 births
- 1970s
1970s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 13 births (54% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shondel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~6 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, 1967–1973 (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 Shondel 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.