Girls' name · since 1963
Shronda
497 babies named Shronda in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,906 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 497
- born since 1963
- 1970s
- peak decade
497 girls have been named Shronda since 1963, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shronda has 497 recorded births among girls since 1963, 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 1963 to 1998.
- #11,906 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 497 born since 1963
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shronda ranks #11,906 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 497 born since 1963, peaking in the 1970s.
- #11,906 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 497
- born since 1963
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shronda's 497 recorded births place it above 83.53% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Shronda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shronda's full recorded timeline at 1979, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1998, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1978 peak of 37 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shronda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–1998
- Peak year (1978)
- 37
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Shronda by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (252 births, 51% of the file).
1970s was Shronda's strongest decade.
252 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Shronda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 50
1960s
50 births
- 1970s
1970s
252 births
- 1980s
1980s
163 births
- 1990s 32
1990s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 252 births (51% of all-time use).
Shronda by state
Where Shronda concentrates geographically, total births since 1963
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 24 | 4.8% |
| #2 | Louisiana | | 10 | 2.0% |
| #3 | Mississippi | | 5 | 1.0% |
24 of 497 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Shronda's data
- Shronda's decade-level peak was the 1970s (252 total births); usage has since declined to 32 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Shrondas (24 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Shronda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1963–1998 (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 Shronda 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.