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 | ||
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| 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 1977
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#68 · 1 in 273
- South Carolina#79 · 1 in 344
- Georgia#124 · 1 in 557
- Alabama#127 · 1 in 575
- Louisiana#206 · 1 in 965
Best ever in a state: #68 in Mississippi, 1977.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #68 | 58 | 1 in 273 |
| South Carolina | #79 | 51 | 1 in 344 |
| Georgia | #124 | 59 | 1 in 557 |
| Alabama | #127 | 40 | 1 in 575 |
| Louisiana | #206 | 29 | 1 in 965 |
| Florida | #211 | 38 | 1 in 1,137 |
| North Carolina | #213 | 32 | 1 in 1,033 |
| Tennessee | #214 | 26 | 1 in 1,079 |
| Arkansas | #239 | 11 | 1 in 1,181 |
| District of Columbia | #252 | 6 | 1 in 1,008 |
| Virginia | #255 | 20 | 1 in 1,410 |
| Missouri | #289 | 17 | 1 in 1,822 |
| New York | #389 | 42 | 1 in 2,425 |
| Illinois | #428 | 25 | 1 in 2,893 |
| Texas | #462 | 34 | 1 in 2,955 |
| Oklahoma | #481 | 5 | 1 in 3,383 |
| New Jersey | #485 | 10 | 1 in 3,670 |
| Maryland | #500 | 5 | 1 in 3,691 |
| Pennsylvania | #501 | 15 | 1 in 4,426 |
| Ohio | #549 | 13 | 1 in 5,395 |
| Michigan | #569 | 11 | 1 in 5,192 |
| California | #1,260 | 11 | 1 in 13,597 |
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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 1977
Top girls' names in 1977
Top boys' names in 1977
More about 1977
girls
1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 2,590 of them was named Lawanda, which outranked 96.8% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 273,870 of them was named Lawanda, which outranked 25.3% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,582Zerrick7
- #4,582Zeyad7
- #4,582Zuberi7
- #5,123Lawanda6
- #5,123Aamir6
- #5,123Aaryn6
- #5,123Abbas6
- #5,845Aashish5
- #5,845Abby5
- #5,845Abdual5
Tied with 721 names at #5,123; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.