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.
49% of everyone ever named Ylonda was born in this single decade.
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 1983Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ylonda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–1954
- Peak year (1970)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1983.
274 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 21 births in a single year.
Ylonda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 134 births that decade — 49% of Ylonda's all-time total
Ylonda decade highlights
- Peak decade 134 births
- Runner-up 101 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Ylonda's strongest decade
134 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Ylonda by state
Where Ylonda concentrates geographically — total births since 1954
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 11 | 4.0% |
11 of 274 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 4.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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.