Elwanda
Last seen for girls in 1977 at #8,444
- Peak · girls
- 1921 · 98 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,272since 1920
Elwanda over time
Rank among girls' names. Elwanda has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 |
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| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 |
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| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 |
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| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 |
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| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 |
| 1954 | #3,157 | 13 |
| 1953 | #2,595 | 17 |
| 1952 | #2,921 | 14 |
| 1951 | #2,474 | 17 |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 |
| 1949 | #1,917 | 25 |
| 1948 | #2,070 | 22 |
| 1947 | #1,790 | 29 |
| 1946 | #1,647 | 29 |
| 1945 | #1,993 | 18 |
| 1944 | #1,808 | 22 |
| 1943 | #2,151 | 17 |
| 1942 | #1,592 | 27 |
| 1941 | #1,418 | 30 |
| 1940 | #1,272 | 34 |
| 1939 | #1,221 | 36 |
| 1938 | #1,288 | 32 |
| 1937 | #1,330 | 30 |
| 1936 | #1,345 | 29 |
| 1935 | #1,550 | 23 |
| 1934 | #1,317 | 30 |
| 1933 | #1,140 | 38 |
| 1932 | #1,130 | 40 |
| 1931 | #1,074 | 43 |
| 1930 | #1,371 | 31 |
| 1929 | #1,419 | 29 |
| 1928 | #1,310 | 34 |
| 1927 | #1,088 | 49 |
| 1926 | #1,054 | 50 |
| 1925 | #1,074 | 50 |
| 1924 | #1,170 | 45 |
| 1923 | #1,027 | 54 |
| 1922 | #789 | 85 |
| 1921 | #737 | 98 |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 |
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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.
Where Elwanda is popular in 1922
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arkansas#248 · 1 in 1,379
- Tennessee#384 · 1 in 3,525
- Missouri#386 · 1 in 3,823
- Oklahoma#460 · 1 in 4,174
- Texas#486 · 1 in 3,468
Best ever in a state: #227 in Arkansas, 1921.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Arkansas | #248 | 15 | 1 in 1,379 |
| Tennessee | #384 | 8 | 1 in 3,525 |
| Missouri | #386 | 8 | 1 in 3,823 |
| Oklahoma | #460 | 6 | 1 in 4,174 |
| Texas | #486 | 17 | 1 in 3,468 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Elwanda
- 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)
- Debuted 1920
- Peaked 1921 at #737 (98 births)
- Births halved by 1924, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1921–1922
- 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%)
- 39.2% of all girls named Elwanda (499) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1920s | 499 | #737 (1921) | #1,464 |
| 1930s | 332 | #1,074 (1931) | #1,277 |
| 1940s | 253 | #1,272 (1940) | #1,766 |
| 1950s | 111 | #2,474 (1951) | #3,721 |
| 1960s | 60 | #4,239 (1961) | #5,241 |
| 1970s | 17 | #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 1922
Top girls' names in 1922
More about 1922
girls
1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 14,129 of them was named Elwanda, which outranked 86.4% of the 5,789 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).