Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Shondale*

#16,125 most common boys' name of all time · #42,029 across all names · 85% male / 15% female · used 1971–2001 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#16,125
Rank overall
#42,029 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
14 of 146
All-time
91
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1973 #4,971
Best rank
#4,328 1976
Girls Boys peak 15/yr
19802000

Shondale first appears in 1971. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2001 — 5 5 #11,002
1998 — 5 5 #10,085
1997 — 5 5 #9,683
1996 — 9 9 #6,186
1995 — 6 6 #8,163
1992 — 5 5 #8,912
1986 — 5 5 #7,243
1982 — 5 5 #6,883
1981 — 5 5 #6,792
1977 — 8 8 #4,466
1976 — 8 8 #4,328
1974 — 5 5 #5,734
1973 9 6 15 #4,971
1971 5 — 5 —