Girls' name · since 1955
Yalonda
1,076 babies named Yalonda in U.S. Social Security records since 1955, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,141 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,076
- born since 1955
- 1970s
- peak decade
Yalonda is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 1,076 have been recorded since 1955.
Yalonda has 1,076 recorded births among girls since 1955, 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 1955 to 2001.
- #7,141 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 1,076 born since 1955
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yalonda ranks #7,141 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,076 born since 1955, peaking in the 1970s.
- #7,141 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,076
- born since 1955
- 1970s
- peak decade
Yalonda's 1,076 recorded births place it above 90.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Ohio.
Yalonda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yalonda's full recorded timeline at 1977, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1956, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1974 peak of 56 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Yalonda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1955–2001
- Peak year (1974)
- 56
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Yalonda by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (468 births, 43% of the file).
1970s was Yalonda's strongest decade.
468 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Yalonda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 29
1950s
29 births
- 1960s
1960s
218 births
- 1970s
1970s
468 births
- 1980s
1980s
268 births
- 1990s 84
1990s
84 births
- 2000s 9
2000s
9 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 468 births (43% of all-time use).
How Yalonda compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Yalonda's total volume
Yalonda by state
Where Yalonda concentrates geographically, total births since 1955
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 50 | 4.6% |
| #2 | Michigan | | 33 | 3.1% |
| #3 | Florida | | 19 | 1.8% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 11 | 1.0% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 10 | 0.9% |
| #6 | Missouri | | 7 | 0.7% |
| #7 | California | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Mississippi | | 5 | 0.5% |
50 of 1,076 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Yalonda's data
- Yalonda's decade-level peak was the 1970s (468 total births); usage has since declined to 9 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Ohio records the most Yalondas (50 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Ohio names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Yalonda: 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 (~46 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, 1955–2001 (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 Yalonda 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.