Girls' name · since 1953
Yelonda
46 babies named Yelonda in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #36,081 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 46
- born since 1953
- 1970s
- peak decade
46 girls have been named Yelonda since 1953, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yelonda has been recorded 46 times among girls since 1953, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1953 to 1979.
- #36,081 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 46 born since 1953
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yelonda ranks #36,081 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 46 born since 1953, peaking in the 1970s.
- #36,081 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 46
- born since 1953
- 1970s
- peak decade
Yelonda's 46 recorded births place it above 50.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Yelonda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Yelonda splits its recorded history at 1965: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1960 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1971 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Yelonda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–1979
- Peak year (1971)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Yelonda by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (22 births, 48% of the file).
1970s was Yelonda's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Yelonda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 7
1950s
7 births
- 1960s
1960s
17 births
- 1970s
1970s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 22 births (48% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Yelonda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1971)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1953–1979 (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 Yelonda 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.