Wanna

Last seen for girls in 1967 at #6,042

Peak · girls
1933 · 22 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
550
since 1907

Wanna over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Wanna has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201925peak #1,606, 1933girls
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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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1967#6,0426
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1964#6,7675
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1962#4,5339
1961#5,8516
1960#5,6966
1959#5,5666
1958#5,4086
1957#4,2029
1956#4,8377
1955#5,8285
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1953#3,68710
1952#4,4837
1951#4,0118
1950#3,6629
1949#3,8928
1948#5,2435
1947#4,0078
1946#4,4176
1945#3,1329
1944#3,1399
1943#4,6915
1942#3,7387
1941#2,53212
1940#2,29713
1939#2,41712
1938#2,57911
1937#2,19614
1936#1,87317
1935#2,09515
1934#2,08715
1933#1,60622
1932#1,95717
1931#2,58111
1930#2,11016
1929#2,30114
1928#2,28415
1927#2,16917
1926#1,83022
1925#2,28316
1924#1,92621
1923#1,84022
1922#2,47914
1921#2,50914
1920#2,59013
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1918#3,8697
1917#3,0929
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First appearance
1907

The first year at least five girls were named Wanna! It came in at #2,061, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1907–1912, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Wanna is popular in 1925

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #497 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,172 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Wanna, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oklahoma#497 · 1 in 5,172

Best ever in a state: #420 in Oklahoma, 1929.

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See more about Wanna
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1967
Rise & fade · girls
26 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1907
  • Peaked 1933 at #1,606 (22 births)
  • Births halved by 1938, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 45,815
  • Highest: 1 in 45,815 girls born in 1933 were named Wanna (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 275,171 girls born in 1967 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 30.5% of all girls named Wanna (168) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s5#2,061 (1907)#2,061
1910s46#2,265 (1914)#2,887
1920s168#1,830 (1926)#2,221
1930s150#1,606 (1933)#2,150
1940s82#2,297 (1940)#3,709
1950s67#3,662 (1950)#4,632
1960s32#4,533 (1962)#5,778

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.

Wanna in 1925

girls
#2,283
16 births · 1 in 76,087 girls

Top girls' names in 1925

  1. #1Mary70,586
  2. #2Dorothy38,570
  3. #3Betty32,812
  4. #4Helen29,173
  5. #5Margaret24,463
  6. #6Ruth22,247
  7. #7Virginia17,490
  8. #8Doris16,075
  9. #9Mildred14,453
  10. #10Elizabeth13,936
  11. #2,283Wanna16
More about 1925

girls

1,217,384 girls got a published name in 1925; 1 in 76,087 of them was named Wanna, which outranked 60.4% of the 5,771 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wanna
  1. #2,191Willena17
  2. #2,191Yukiko17
  3. #2,191Zulema17
  4. #2,283Wanna16
  5. #2,283Albena16
  6. #2,283Alfrieda16
  7. #2,283Algie16
  8. #2,378Adelyn15
  9. #2,378Agapita15
  10. #2,378Aletta15

Tied with 94 names at #2,283; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1924
Risers
  1. ↑ 605Nanette#1,475 → #870
  2. ↑ 417Paulina#1,258 → #841
  3. ↑ 353Estela#1,258 → #905
  4. ↑ 323Delois#1,123 → #800
  5. ↑ 313Veola#1,301 → #988
Fallers
  1. ↓ 610Kathlyn#999 → #1,609
  2. ↓ 396Izetta#951 → #1,347
  3. ↓ 355Loma#941 → #1,296
  4. ↓ 345Phylis#880 → #1,225
  5. ↓ 309Eris#728 → #1,037

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

See the top 100 for 1925 →