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Girl name

Shelonda

100% girls · last recorded 1992

Shelonda has been given to about 280 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1972, which makes it a boomer-era name.

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Origin—
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Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 267
Median age today51 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Shelonda per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year1972 · 31
  • Born in 20250
  • All time280

How popular is Shelonda?

Its best year was 1972, when 31 babies were given the name, ranking 2388th. The typical living American called Shelonda is about 51 years old today.

Names that sound like Shelonda

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Shalonda0.86
  2. Shonda0.76
  3. Sharonda0.76
  4. Rhonda0.67
  5. Melinda0.67
  6. Belinda0.67
  7. Herlinda0.67
  8. Zelda0.64

Middle names for Shelonda

Ranked by flow score
  1. Shelonda Rose0.85
  2. Shelonda Louise0.85
  3. Shelonda June0.84
  4. Shelonda Pearl0.84
  5. Shelonda Quinn0.84
  6. Shelonda Nell0.84

Sibling names for Shelonda

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Larasister · 0.62
  2. Amysister · 0.58
  3. Damonbrother · 0.58
  4. Jennifersister · 0.57
  5. Jasonbrother · 0.56
  6. Brianbrother · 0.51

Where Shelonda is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Shelonda White0.80
    2. Shelonda Reyes0.80
    3. Shelonda Nguyen0.80
    4. Shelonda Moore0.80
    5. Shelonda Lee0.80
    6. Shelonda Hill0.80

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Shelonda

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.