Elwanda

Last seen for girls in 1977 at #8,444

Peak · girls
1921 · 98 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,272
since 1920

Elwanda over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Elwanda has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201921peak #737, 1921girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1977#8,4446
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1974#7,6806
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1972#8,2925
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1968#6,2466
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1966#4,4939
1965#5,2897
1964#5,4747
1963#5,8916
1962#5,8606
1961#4,23910
1960#4,4379
1959#4,3009
1958#4,5208
1957#4,9187
1956#4,1619
1955#4,7407
1954#3,15713
1953#2,59517
1952#2,92114
1951#2,47417
1950#3,42310
1949#1,91725
1948#2,07022
1947#1,79029
1946#1,64729
1945#1,99318
1944#1,80822
1943#2,15117
1942#1,59227
1941#1,41830
1940#1,27234
1939#1,22136
1938#1,28832
1937#1,33030
1936#1,34529
1935#1,55023
1934#1,31730
1933#1,14038
1932#1,13040
1931#1,07443
1930#1,37131
1929#1,41929
1928#1,31034
1927#1,08849
1926#1,05450
1925#1,07450
1924#1,17045
1923#1,02754
1922#78985
1921#73798
1920#4,9755
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First appearance
1920

The first year at least five girls were named Elwanda! It came in at #4,975, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1967, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Elwanda
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1977
  • Biggest jump: 4,238 spots in 1921 (#4,975#737)
  • Biggest drop: 238 spots in 1923 (#789#1,027)
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1920
  • Peaked 1921 at #737 (98 births)
  • Births halved by 1924, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1921–1922
Share of babies · girls
1 in 12,582
  • Highest: 1 in 12,582 girls born in 1921 were named Elwanda (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 255,524 girls born in 1977 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 39.2% of all girls named Elwanda (499) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s499#737 (1921)#1,464
1930s332#1,074 (1931)#1,277
1940s253#1,272 (1940)#1,766
1950s111#2,474 (1951)#3,721
1960s60#4,239 (1961)#5,241
1970s17#7,680 (1974)#8,139

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Elwanda in 1921

girls
#737
98 births · 1 in 12,582 girls

Top girls' names in 1921

  1. #1Mary73,984
  2. #2Dorothy39,087
  3. #3Helen34,822
  4. #4Margaret28,468
  5. #5Ruth25,783
  6. #6Virginia19,032
  7. #7Mildred17,880
  8. #8Betty17,638
  9. #9Frances15,993
  10. #10Elizabeth15,800
  11. #737Elwanda98
More about 1921

girls

1,233,058 girls got a published name in 1921; 1 in 12,582 of them was named Elwanda, which outranked 87.4% of the 5,871 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elwanda
  1. #732Hulda101
  2. #735Cleta100
  3. #736Meredith99
  4. #737Elwanda98
  5. #737Altha98
  6. #737Elisa98
  7. #737Lavon98
  8. #742Claudie97
  9. #742Dena97
  10. #742Dominga97

Tied with 4 names at #737; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1920
Risers
  1. 4,238Elwanda#4,975#737
  2. 458Noreen#1,255#797
  3. 440Venice#1,375#935
  4. 343Isobel#1,312#969
  5. 306Aida#1,119#813
Fallers
  1. 612Lilia#931#1,543
  2. 345Denise#931#1,276
  3. 330Aleen#968#1,298
  4. 269Virgil#968#1,237
  5. 265Aldona#903#1,168

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1921