girls:
237 births since 1968
#5479 (4th percentile)
boys:
262 births since 1969
#4324 (6th percentile)
overall:
499 births since 1968
#7240 (6th percentile)
The name Shondell is the #7,240 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 499 recorded births since 1968. This represents the 6.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,324 (5.7% percentile) for all time with 262 births since 1969. For girls, it ranks #5,479 (4.1% percentile) for all time with 237 births since 1968.
Shondell first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1968 (1968 for girls and 1969 for boys). Birth data for Shondell is available in 31 out of the 41 years between 1968 and 2008 (26 years for boys and 20 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Shondell is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2008, 100.0% of babies named Shondell were boys. Interestingly, until around 1976, the name was more popular for girls (59.1% girls from 1968 to 1975), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (62.9% boys from 1976 to 2008).
For boys, Shondell reached its peak popularity in 1976, achieving the 3.2% percentile (ranked #635) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 1976, with 16 births per million (ranked 3.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2008.
For girls, Shondell reached its peak popularity in 1973, achieving the 4.2% percentile (ranked #709) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 1973, with 23 births per million (ranked 4.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1993.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shondell".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Shondell. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 42.5% confident that Shondell is pronounced as shahn-DEHL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHAHN-dehl, at 35.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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