Wonda

Last seen for girls in 1986 at #8,523

Peak · girls
1954 · 61 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,776
since 1916

Wonda over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201937peak #1,267, 1954girls
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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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1986#8,5237
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1983#9,0156
1982#10,5175
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1980#8,1787
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1978#5,56311
1977#6,8928
1976#6,6118
1975#4,59313
1974#3,11022
1973#3,78716
1972#2,97622
1971#2,34033
1970#2,04340
1969#1,92742
1968#2,05634
1967#1,84840
1966#1,36864
1965#1,37964
1964#1,68647
1963#1,50855
1962#1,45658
1961#1,36067
1960#1,43059
1959#1,30667
1958#1,31065
1957#1,44254
1956#1,36558
1955#1,30959
1954#1,26761
1953#1,47344
1952#1,29754
1951#1,48140
1950#1,57635
1949#2,06922
1948#1,64832
1947#1,82228
1946#1,72327
1945#1,41832
1944#1,54528
1943#1,62527
1942#1,80422
1941#1,64923
1940#1,84519
1939#1,40128
1938#2,22514
1937#1,84518
1936#1,80118
1935#1,55023
1934#2,56711
1933#2,40412
1932#1,63422
1931#2,58111
1930#2,11016
1929#2,58712
1928#2,95410
1927#2,69912
1926#4,3066
1925#3,11610
1924#4,0027
1923#2,91711
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First appearance
1916

The first year at least five girls were named Wonda! It came in at #4,417, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1916–1922, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Wonda is popular in 1937

No state had 5 or more girls named Wonda in 1937, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Wonda
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1986
Rise & fade · girls
38 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1916
  • Peaked 1954 at #1,267 (61 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 18 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 26,440
  • Highest: 1 in 26,440 girls born in 1966 were named Wonda (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 245,078 girls born in 1986 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,267 in 1954, was only 1 in 31,835 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 30.2% of all girls named Wonda (537) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#4,417 (1916)#4,417
1920s73#2,587 (1929)#3,445
1930s173#1,401 (1939)#2,012
1940s260#1,418 (1945)#1,715
1950s537#1,267 (1954)#1,383
1960s530#1,360 (1961)#1,602
1970s173#2,043 (1970)#4,213
1980s25#8,178 (1980)#9,058

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.

Wonda in 1937

girls
#1,845
18 births · 1 in 59,113 girls

Top girls' names in 1937

  1. #1Mary55,641
  2. #2Barbara34,917
  3. #3Patricia26,838
  4. #4Shirley26,823
  5. #5Betty25,337
  6. #6Carol17,336
  7. #7Nancy17,074
  8. #8Dorothy16,572
  9. #9Joan15,301
  10. #10Margaret15,144
  11. #1,845Wonda18
More about 1937

girls

1,064,033 girls got a published name in 1937; 1 in 59,113 of them was named Wonda, which outranked 62.6% of the 4,930 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wonda
  1. #1,784Terri19
  2. #1,784Verdie19
  3. #1,784Vernon19
  4. #1,845Wonda18
  5. #1,845Alean18
  6. #1,845Alida18
  7. #1,845Annett18
  8. #1,914Adriana17
  9. #1,914Alexandria17
  10. #1,914Almedia17

Tied with 68 names at #1,845; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1936
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,217Noreta#4,181 → #964
  2. ↑ 2,845Noretta#3,701 → #856
  3. ↑ 2,351Leilani#3,103 → #752
  4. ↑ 1,407Deann#2,263 → #856
  5. ↑ 1,209Norita#1,741 → #532
Fallers
  1. ↓ 438Dorla#951 → #1,389
  2. ↓ 331Vilma#951 → #1,282
  3. ↓ 303Imelda#979 → #1,282
  4. ↓ 297Lulu#695 → #992
  5. ↓ 292Lyda#840 → #1,132

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

See the top 100 for 1937 →