Wanda

#5,917 for girls in 2025, 20 births · Last seen for boys in 1987 at #6,951
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1934 · 4,368 births
Debut · girls
11 births
In top 100 · girls
46 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
281,214
since 1880

Wanda over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201932peak #47, 1934girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,91720
2024#5,02126
2023#5,75221
2022#5,46523
2021#4,01436
2020#6,32518
2019#8,13813
2018#6,01020
2017#4,81128
2016#4,63230
2015#5,28825
2014#5,62523
2013#4,64530
2012#4,95728
2011#5,54324
2010#6,90418
2009#3,67743
2008#4,08938
2007#4,80830
2006#4,68530
2005#3,17049
2004#3,89836
2003#2,39369
2002#2,46764
2001#2,63557
2000#2,42663
1999#1,97579
1998#2,04872
1997#2,28359
1996#1,84079
1995#1,62691
1994#1,57497
1993#1,279133
1992#1,357122
1991#1,056172
1990#975191
1989#972179
1988#956175
1987#802218#6,9515
1986#896182#6,7215
1985#737234
1984#611293#6,3155
1983#568319#4,9077
1982#550335#6,3855
1981#465457
1980#444481
1979#384576
1978#361588
1977#322729#4,5827
1976#272855
1975#2301,057
1974#2081,206#4,1907
1973#1871,411#4,0547
1972#1661,775#3,6228
1971#1372,365#3,3709
1970#1322,718#3,5218
1969#1262,684#2,21715
1968#1152,963#1,65023
1967#1003,473#1,85318
1966#844,093#1,61323
1965#814,654#2,08415
1964#815,164#1,65523
1963#765,596#1,31835
1962#776,003#1,75721
1961#706,467#1,40632
1960#666,674#1,61925
1959#656,907#1,75921
1958#666,891#1,67722
1957#597,713#1,71522
1956#617,546#1,67622
1955#617,415#2,43511
1954#587,447#1,55924
1953#577,203#1,90017
1952#547,164#1,74919
1951#527,233#2,13513
1950#526,929#1,81517
1949#566,307#2,22512
1948#575,918#1,94315
1947#665,649#3,7335
1946#595,235#1,88415
1945#584,295#1,63317
1944#584,431#1,43822
1943#564,705#1,57720
1942#544,792#1,49622
1941#534,735#1,48521
1940#524,708#1,33425
1939#504,557#1,63617
1938#494,513#1,43922
1937#554,202#1,75616
1936#563,882#2,30110
1935#494,102#1,70817
1934#474,368#1,29327
1933#484,268#1,58619
1932#524,261#1,71618
1931#544,395#1,42724
1930#564,524#1,96415
1929#614,397#1,52323
1928#634,318#2,04815
1927#664,302#1,79619
1926#664,125#2,30213
1925#723,803#3,1558
1924#743,735#3,0239
1923#803,405#3,8226
1922#922,986#3,5327
1921#1012,738#2,9869
1920#1172,198
1919#1281,824
1918#1281,827#3,3687
1917#1401,545#3,5456
1916#1381,505
1915#1541,233
1914#164881
1913#168687
1912#181545
1911#188380
1910#211308
1909#210272
1908#227226
1907#234200
1906#247173
1905#299125
1904#299116
1903#264134
1902#308106
1901#34181
1900#34194
1899#32585
1898#300106
1897#31883
1896#37358
1895#35362
1894#39052
1893#35159
1892#44237
1891#36247
1890#41237
1889#49925
1888#53322
1887#40329
1886#65712
1885#62912
1884#64011
1883#9205
1882#59610
1881#7406
1880#51811
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Wanda was already there! It came in at #518, and was given to 11 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Wanda
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 896 spots since 2024 (#5,021#5,917)
  • 408 spots since 2020 (#6,325#5,917)
  • 629 spots since 2015 (#5,288#5,917)
  • Biggest jump: 280 spots in 1884 (#920#640)
  • Biggest drop: 324 spots in 1883 (#596#920)
Rise & fade · girls
54 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1934 at #47 (4,368 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 38 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 46 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 46 yrs · run 1922–1967
  • Top 1,000: 111 yrs · run 1880–1990
Share of babies · girls
1 in 236
  • Highest: 1 in 236 girls born in 1933 were named Wanda (0.42%)
  • Latest: 1 in 80,363 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #47 in 1934, was only 1 in 239 (0.42%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 25.8% of all girls named Wanda (72,448) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s143#403 (1887)#614
1890s626#300 (1898)#363
1900s1,527#210 (1909)#277
1910s10,735#128 (1918)#160
1920s36,007#61 (1929)#79
1930s43,072#47 (1934)#52
1940s50,775#52 (1940)#57
1950s72,448#52 (1951)#59
1960s47,771#66 (1960)#88
1970s13,280#132 (1970)#240
1980s2,873#444 (1980)#700
1990s1,095#975 (1990)#1,601
2000s479#2,393 (2003)#3,425
2010s239#4,632 (2016)#5,655
2020s144#4,014 (2021)#5,416

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.

Wanda in 1932

girls
#52
4,261 births · 1 in 250 girls
boys
#1,716
18 births · 1 in 58,009 boys

Top girls' names in 1932

  1. #1Mary59,883
  2. #2Betty34,420
  3. #3Barbara26,318
  4. #4Dorothy24,974
  5. #5Joan21,044
  6. #6Patricia17,992
  7. #7Margaret16,556
  8. #8Helen16,376
  9. #9Shirley14,476
  10. #10Doris12,910
  11. #52Wanda4,261

Top boys' names in 1932

  1. #1Robert59,268
  2. #2James51,930
  3. #3John48,624
  4. #4William42,124
  5. #5Richard31,809
  6. #6Charles31,092
  7. #7Donald29,794
  8. #8George20,439
  9. #9Joseph18,566
  10. #10Thomas16,834
  11. #1,716Wanda18
More about 1932

girls

1,067,148 girls got a published name in 1932; 1 in 250 of them was named Wanda, which outranked 99.0% of the 5,098 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wanda
  1. #49Jane4,348
  2. #50Edna4,279
  3. #51Thelma4,272
  4. #52Wanda4,261
  5. #53Rita4,256
  6. #54Gladys4,185
  7. #55Lorraine4,162
Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. 963Dian#1,876#913
  2. 519Carleen#1,394#875
  3. 357Jimmy#1,336#979
  4. 347Letty#1,287#940
  5. 340Letitia#1,148#808
Fallers
  1. 350Blossom#970#1,320
  2. 332Luetta#844#1,176
  3. 305Roy#887#1,192
  4. 289Sofia#887#1,176
  5. 282Joretta#463#745

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

boys

1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 58,009 of them was named Wanda, which outranked 59.9% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wanda
  1. #1,651Winslow19
  2. #1,651Woodroe19
  3. #1,651Xavier19
  4. #1,716Wanda18
  5. #1,716Alpheus18
  6. #1,716Ardis18
  7. #1,716Asher18
  8. #1,777Ace17
  9. #1,777Adrien17
  10. #1,777Akira17

Tied with 60 names at #1,716; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. 2,418Delano#3,095#677
  2. 969Garner#1,643#674
  3. 868Ronny#1,770#902
  4. 713Darryl#1,693#980
  5. 609Marc#1,589#980
Fallers
  1. 467Jones#959#1,426
  2. 455Hamilton#831#1,286
  3. 393Hyman#697#1,090
  4. 373Davey#983#1,356
  5. 341Hayes#983#1,324

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

See the top 100 for 1932