Yalonda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Yalonda

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,076 babies named Yalonda between 1955 and 2001, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yalonda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 56 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yalonda performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 468 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Yalonda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 50 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Yalonda in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yalonda 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 1,076 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.