Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Elwanda

#6,020 most common girls' name of all time · #10,162 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1920–1977

Rank among girls
#6,020
Rank overall
#10,162 of 105,966
First appeared
1920
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
1,272
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1921 #741
Best rank
#741 1921
Girls Boys peak 98/yr
192019401960

Elwanda first appears in 1920. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1977 6 — 6 #8,673
1974 6 — 6 #7,885
1972 5 — 5 #8,561
1968 6 — 6 #6,471
1966 9 — 9 #4,637
1965 7 — 7 #5,482
1964 7 — 7 #5,661
1963 6 — 6 #6,160
1962 6 — 6 #6,131
1961 10 — 10 #4,369
1960 9 — 9 #4,597
1959 9 — 9 #4,446
1958 8 — 8 #4,683
1957 7 — 7 #5,108
1956 9 — 9 #4,309
1955 7 — 7 #4,961
1954 13 — 13 #3,255
1953 17 — 17 #2,653
1952 14 — 14 #2,997
1951 17 — 17 #2,539
1950 10 — 10 #3,574
1949 25 — 25 #1,959
1948 22 — 22 #2,113
1947 29 — 29 #1,811
1946 29 — 29 #1,666
1945 18 — 18 #2,045
1944 22 — 22 #1,856
1943 17 — 17 #2,230
1942 27 — 27 #1,622
1941 30 — 30 #1,439
1940 34 — 34 #1,291
1939 36 — 36 #1,238
1938 32 — 32 #1,314
1937 30 — 30 #1,353
1936 29 — 29 #1,373
1935 23 — 23 #1,601
1934 30 — 30 #1,343
1933 38 — 38 #1,157
1932 40 — 40 #1,145
1931 43 — 43 #1,091
1930 31 — 31 #1,401
1929 29 — 29 #1,446
1928 34 — 34 #1,337
1927 49 — 49 #1,096
1926 50 — 50 #1,068
1925 50 — 50 #1,088
1924 45 — 45 #1,187
1923 54 — 54 #1,036
1922 85 — 85 #794
1921 98 — 98 #741
1920 5 — 5 #5,613