Lawanda
Last seen for girls in 2021 at #15,251 · Last seen for boys in 1977 at #5,123
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1977 · 592 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 12,093since 1917
Lawanda over time
Rank among girls' names. Lawanda has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | — | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
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| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | — | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | — | |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | — | |
| 2002 | #8,280 | 12 | — | |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | — | |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | — | |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | — | |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,370 | 24 | — | |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,285 | 34 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,988 | 39 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,725 | 44 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,156 | 62 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,832 | 77 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,701 | 86 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,851 | 71 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,686 | 76 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,387 | 97 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,203 | 116 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,172 | 121 | — | |
| 1984 | #927 | 160 | — | |
| 1983 | #957 | 153 | — | |
| 1982 | #695 | 253 | — | |
| 1981 | #630 | 283 | — | |
| 1980 | #564 | 329 | — | |
| 1979 | #504 | 397 | — | |
| 1978 | #448 | 443 | — | |
| 1977 | #366 | 592 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #409 | 494 | — | |
| 1975 | #385 | 529 | — | |
| 1974 | #424 | 458 | — | |
| 1973 | #437 | 441 | — | |
| 1972 | #453 | 412 | — | |
| 1971 | #475 | 417 | — | |
| 1970 | #540 | 350 | — | |
| 1969 | #592 | 280 | — | |
| 1968 | #583 | 270 | — | |
| 1967 | #656 | 213 | — | |
| 1966 | #607 | 244 | — | |
| 1965 | #653 | 226 | — | |
| 1964 | #628 | 261 | — | |
| 1963 | #685 | 217 | — | |
| 1962 | #753 | 190 | — | |
| 1961 | #715 | 210 | — | |
| 1960 | #713 | 204 | — | |
| 1959 | #767 | 177 | — | |
| 1958 | #753 | 174 | — | |
| 1957 | #807 | 157 | — | |
| 1956 | #830 | 142 | — | |
| 1955 | #967 | 105 | — | |
| 1954 | #878 | 119 | — | |
| 1953 | #894 | 111 | — | |
| 1952 | #914 | 102 | — | |
| 1951 | #938 | 97 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,007 | 82 | — | |
| 1949 | #862 | 103 | — | |
| 1948 | #955 | 83 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,021 | 75 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,015 | 69 | — | |
| 1945 | #968 | 64 | — | |
| 1944 | #993 | 61 | — | |
| 1943 | #922 | 71 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,024 | 58 | — | |
| 1941 | #903 | 66 | — | |
| 1940 | #928 | 60 | — | |
| 1939 | #848 | 68 | — | |
| 1938 | #899 | 62 | — | |
| 1937 | #920 | 56 | — | |
| 1936 | #818 | 67 | — | |
| 1935 | #779 | 75 | — | |
| 1934 | #728 | 84 | — | |
| 1933 | #782 | 71 | — | |
| 1932 | #846 | 67 | — | |
| 1931 | #812 | 70 | — | |
| 1930 | #795 | 79 | — | |
| 1929 | #959 | 56 | — | |
| 1928 | #936 | 63 | — | |
| 1927 | #848 | 76 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,079 | 48 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,296 | 37 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,227 | 42 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,327 | 35 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,168 | 43 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,282 | 16 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,357 | 15 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,219 | 9 | — | |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | — | |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Lawanda! It came in at #4,083, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2005–2008, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Lawanda is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#96 · 1 in 383
- District of Columbia#155 · 1 in 615
- Georgia#175 · 1 in 827
- Louisiana#182 · 1 in 834
- South Carolina#187 · 1 in 812
Best ever in a state: #68 in Mississippi, 1977.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #96 | 40 | 1 in 383 |
| District of Columbia | #155 | 9 | 1 in 615 |
| Georgia | #175 | 39 | 1 in 827 |
| Louisiana | #182 | 33 | 1 in 834 |
| South Carolina | #187 | 21 | 1 in 812 |
| Alabama | #201 | 23 | 1 in 946 |
| Virginia | #209 | 25 | 1 in 1,114 |
| Florida | #235 | 34 | 1 in 1,295 |
| North Carolina | #251 | 24 | 1 in 1,349 |
| Arkansas | #293 | 8 | 1 in 1,573 |
| Tennessee | #323 | 13 | 1 in 2,144 |
| Missouri | #335 | 13 | 1 in 2,358 |
| Illinois | #460 | 22 | 1 in 3,223 |
| Michigan | #480 | 14 | 1 in 4,111 |
| Maryland | #490 | 5 | 1 in 3,651 |
| Texas | #532 | 29 | 1 in 3,565 |
| Ohio | #570 | 12 | 1 in 5,746 |
| New Jersey | #585 | 8 | 1 in 4,534 |
| New York | #653 | 19 | 1 in 5,175 |
| California | #965 | 17 | 1 in 9,019 |
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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 Lawanda
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
- Biggest jump: 231 spots in 1927 (#1,079 → #848)
- Biggest drop: 262 spots in 1983 (#695 → #957)
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 1977 at #366 (592 births)
- Births halved by 1981, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 54 yrs · run 1951–1984
- Highest: 1 in 2,590 girls born in 1977 were named Lawanda (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 328,172 girls born in 2021 (0.00%)
- 37.5% of all girls named Lawanda (4,533) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 22 | #3,219 (1919) | #3,724 |
| 1920s | 431 | #848 (1927) | #1,348 |
| 1930s | 699 | #728 (1934) | #823 |
| 1940s | 710 | #862 (1949) | #959 |
| 1950s | 1,266 | #753 (1958) | #876 |
| 1960s | 2,315 | #583 (1968) | #659 |
| 1970s | 4,533 | #366 (1977) | #444 |
| 1980s | 1,659 | #564 (1980) | #1,107 |
| 1990s | 403 | #1,701 (1990) | #4,170 |
| 2000s | 50 | #8,280 (2002) | #11,395 |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,251 (2021) | #15,251 |
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.
Lawanda in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 3,458 of them was named Lawanda, which outranked 96.1% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.