Wonda
Last seen for girls in 1986 at #8,523
- Peak · girls
- 1954 · 61 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,776since 1916
Wonda over time
Rank among girls' names. Wonda has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 |
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| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
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| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 |
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| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 |
| 1974 | #3,110 | 22 |
| 1973 | #3,787 | 16 |
| 1972 | #2,976 | 22 |
| 1971 | #2,340 | 33 |
| 1970 | #2,043 | 40 |
| 1969 | #1,927 | 42 |
| 1968 | #2,056 | 34 |
| 1967 | #1,848 | 40 |
| 1966 | #1,368 | 64 |
| 1965 | #1,379 | 64 |
| 1964 | #1,686 | 47 |
| 1963 | #1,508 | 55 |
| 1962 | #1,456 | 58 |
| 1961 | #1,360 | 67 |
| 1960 | #1,430 | 59 |
| 1959 | #1,306 | 67 |
| 1958 | #1,310 | 65 |
| 1957 | #1,442 | 54 |
| 1956 | #1,365 | 58 |
| 1955 | #1,309 | 59 |
| 1954 | #1,267 | 61 |
| 1953 | #1,473 | 44 |
| 1952 | #1,297 | 54 |
| 1951 | #1,481 | 40 |
| 1950 | #1,576 | 35 |
| 1949 | #2,069 | 22 |
| 1948 | #1,648 | 32 |
| 1947 | #1,822 | 28 |
| 1946 | #1,723 | 27 |
| 1945 | #1,418 | 32 |
| 1944 | #1,545 | 28 |
| 1943 | #1,625 | 27 |
| 1942 | #1,804 | 22 |
| 1941 | #1,649 | 23 |
| 1940 | #1,845 | 19 |
| 1939 | #1,401 | 28 |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 |
| 1937 | #1,845 | 18 |
| 1936 | #1,801 | 18 |
| 1935 | #1,550 | 23 |
| 1934 | #2,567 | 11 |
| 1933 | #2,404 | 12 |
| 1932 | #1,634 | 22 |
| 1931 | #2,581 | 11 |
| 1930 | #2,110 | 16 |
| 1929 | #2,587 | 12 |
| 1928 | #2,954 | 10 |
| 1927 | #2,699 | 12 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 |
| 1923 | #2,917 | 11 |
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| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 |
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| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 |
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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 1968
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#438 · 1 in 3,007
- Alabama#569 · 1 in 5,221
Best ever in a state: #320 in Kentucky, 1950.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Mississippi | #438 | 6 | 1 in 3,007 |
| Alabama | #569 | 5 | 1 in 5,221 |
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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 Wonda
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1986
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 1954 at #1,267 (61 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 18 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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
- 30.2% of all girls named Wonda (537) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1910s | 5 | #4,417 (1916) | #4,417 |
| 1920s | 73 | #2,587 (1929) | #3,445 |
| 1930s | 173 | #1,401 (1939) | #2,012 |
| 1940s | 260 | #1,418 (1945) | #1,715 |
| 1950s | 537 | #1,267 (1954) | #1,383 |
| 1960s | 530 | #1,360 (1961) | #1,602 |
| 1970s | 173 | #2,043 (1970) | #4,213 |
| 1980s | 25 | #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 1968
Top girls' names in 1968
More about 1968
girls
1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 48,247 of them was named Wonda, which outranked 74.9% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,024Vernessa35
- #2,024Vonnie35
- #2,024Wendee35
- #2,056Wonda34
- #2,056Alesha34
- #2,056Andree34
- #2,056Anglia34
- #2,091Annissa33
- #2,091Aracely33
- #2,091Astrid33
Tied with 34 names at #2,056; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.