Recorded 1954–1983 Girls' name Peak 1970 274 births

Ylonda — girls' name

274 babies named Ylonda in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1950s191960s1011970s1341980s20
1970s
Peak decade

49% of everyone ever named Ylonda was born in this single decade.

1970
Single peak year

21 babies were named Ylonda in 1970 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Ylonda

The Social Security Administration has registered 274 babies named Ylonda between 1954 and 1983, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ylonda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1983. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ylonda performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 134 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ylonda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ylonda in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ylonda 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 274 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.

Ylonda at a glance

Last recorded 1983

Total births

274

Since 1954

30 years of records

Peak year

1970

21 births that year

Strongest decade: 1970s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1983

Active since

1954

Recorded for 30 years

Last year on file: 1983

Ylonda popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–1954

Last recorded 1983
Peak year (1970)
21
Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
0510152025 1983197719731969196519611954 5

Ylonda by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1970s
Peak decade
1970s
134 births that decade — 49% of Ylonda's all-time total
1950s191960s1011970s1341980s20

Ylonda by state

Where Ylonda concentrates geographically — total births since 1954

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Ylonda
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
11 4.0%
Texas share of Ylonda's total US births 4.0%

11 of 274 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Ylonda?
274 babies have been named Ylonda since 1954. It was last recorded in 1983. The peak year was 1970 with 21 births.
When was Ylonda most popular?
Ylonda was most popular in the 1970s decade with 134 total births. The single peak year was 1970.
Where is Ylonda most popular?
The top states for the name Ylonda are Texas (11 births).
How long has the name Ylonda been used?
Ylonda has been recorded in Social Security data since 1954, spanning 30 years of data through 1983.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1954–1983 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.