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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201963peak #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 1963

girls
#76
5,596 births · 1 in 344 girls
boys
#1,318
35 births · 1 in 58,031 boys

Top girls' names in 1963

  1. #1Lisa56,047
  2. #2Mary41,546
  3. #3Susan33,991
  4. #4Karen32,492
  5. #5Linda27,727
  6. #6Donna25,405
  7. #7Patricia25,374
  8. #8Lori23,899
  9. #9Sandra21,621
  10. #10Cynthia21,589
  11. #76Wanda5,596

Top boys' names in 1963

  1. #1Michael83,771
  2. #2John78,636
  3. #3David78,444
  4. #4James71,294
  5. #5Robert70,007
  6. #6Mark49,342
  7. #7William44,453
  8. #8Richard40,772
  9. #9Thomas35,490
  10. #10Jeffrey31,701
  11. #1,318Wanda35
More about 1963

girls

1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 344 of them was named Wanda, which outranked 99.0% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wanda
  1. #73Lynn5,827
  2. #74Renee5,776
  3. #75Jane5,767
  4. #76Wanda5,596
  5. #77Anita5,473
  6. #78Sherri5,460
  7. #79Gina5,337
Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. 631Zena#1,323#692
  2. 623Zina#992#369
  3. 540Trisha#1,020#480
  4. 457Shirl#1,304#847
  5. 396Glynis#992#596
Fallers
  1. 1,195Marnita#727#1,922
  2. 255Velvet#623#878
  3. 235Delphine#904#1,139
  4. 224Rosita#934#1,158
  5. 197Lindy#885#1,082

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

boys

2,031,078 boys got a published name in 1963; 1 in 58,031 of them was named Wanda, which outranked 71.5% of the 4,621 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wanda
  1. #1,305Rojelio36
  2. #1,305Simeon36
  3. #1,305Terri36
  4. #1,318Wanda35
  5. #1,318Ali35
  6. #1,318Angela35
  7. #1,318Bartley35
  8. #1,338Alford34
  9. #1,338Amador34
  10. #1,338Cortez34

Tied with 19 names at #1,318; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. 1,551Tal#2,364#813
  2. 1,141Jaimie#1,962#821
  3. 540Stoney#1,038#498
  4. 364Pamela#1,311#947
  5. 331Giovanni#1,242#911
Fallers
  1. 324Olin#871#1,195
  2. 295Enoch#984#1,279
  3. 285Rand#953#1,238
  4. 283Vernell#996#1,279
  5. 269Bentley#926#1,195

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

See the top 100 for 1963