Lawanda
#1,451 most common girls' name of all time · #2,504 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · used 1917–2021
Rank among girls
#1,451
Rank overall
#2,504 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
90 of 146
All-time
12,099
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1977 #366
Best rank
#366 1977
Girls
Boys
peak 598/yr
Lawanda first appears in 1917. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,457 |
| 2009 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,832 |
| 2004 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,886 |
| 2003 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,543 |
| 2002 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,333 |
| 2001 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,205 |
| 2000 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,254 |
| 1999 | 9 | — | 9 | #9,586 |
| 1998 | 13 | — | 13 | #7,167 |
| 1997 | 24 | — | 24 | #4,397 |
| 1996 | 15 | — | 15 | #6,124 |
| 1995 | 34 | — | 34 | #3,299 |
| 1994 | 39 | — | 39 | #3,001 |
| 1993 | 44 | — | 44 | #2,740 |
| 1992 | 62 | — | 62 | #2,163 |
| 1991 | 77 | — | 77 | #1,841 |
| 1990 | 86 | — | 86 | #1,703 |
| 1989 | 71 | — | 71 | #1,857 |
| 1988 | 76 | — | 76 | #1,689 |
| 1987 | 97 | — | 97 | #1,389 |
| 1986 | 116 | — | 116 | #1,206 |
| 1985 | 121 | — | 121 | #1,174 |
| 1984 | 160 | — | 160 | #927 |
| 1983 | 153 | — | 153 | #958 |
| 1982 | 253 | — | 253 | #695 |
| 1981 | 283 | — | 283 | #630 |
| 1980 | 329 | — | 329 | #565 |
| 1979 | 397 | — | 397 | #504 |
| 1978 | 443 | — | 443 | #448 |
| 1977 | 592 | 6 | 598 | #366 |
| 1976 | 494 | — | 494 | #410 |
| 1975 | 529 | — | 529 | #385 |
| 1974 | 458 | — | 458 | #424 |
| 1973 | 441 | — | 441 | #437 |
| 1972 | 412 | — | 412 | #453 |
| 1971 | 417 | — | 417 | #475 |
| 1970 | 350 | — | 350 | #541 |
| 1969 | 280 | — | 280 | #593 |
| 1968 | 270 | — | 270 | #583 |
| 1967 | 213 | — | 213 | #658 |
| 1966 | 244 | — | 244 | #608 |
| 1965 | 226 | — | 226 | #654 |
| 1964 | 261 | — | 261 | #630 |
| 1963 | 217 | — | 217 | #686 |
| 1962 | 190 | — | 190 | #756 |
| 1961 | 210 | — | 210 | #718 |
| 1960 | 204 | — | 204 | #714 |
| 1959 | 177 | — | 177 | #767 |
| 1958 | 174 | — | 174 | #754 |
| 1957 | 157 | — | 157 | #809 |
| 1956 | 142 | — | 142 | #836 |
| 1955 | 105 | — | 105 | #976 |
| 1954 | 119 | — | 119 | #882 |
| 1953 | 111 | — | 111 | #895 |
| 1952 | 102 | — | 102 | #919 |
| 1951 | 97 | — | 97 | #944 |
| 1950 | 82 | — | 82 | #1,011 |
| 1949 | 103 | — | 103 | #866 |
| 1948 | 83 | — | 83 | #960 |
| 1947 | 75 | — | 75 | #1,027 |
| 1946 | 69 | — | 69 | #1,021 |
| 1945 | 64 | — | 64 | #974 |
| 1944 | 61 | — | 61 | #1,003 |
| 1943 | 71 | — | 71 | #931 |
| 1942 | 58 | — | 58 | #1,035 |
| 1941 | 66 | — | 66 | #908 |
| 1940 | 60 | — | 60 | #933 |
| 1939 | 68 | — | 68 | #856 |
| 1938 | 62 | — | 62 | #903 |
| 1937 | 56 | — | 56 | #925 |
| 1936 | 67 | — | 67 | #825 |
| 1935 | 75 | — | 75 | #784 |
| 1934 | 84 | — | 84 | #731 |
| 1933 | 71 | — | 71 | #789 |
| 1932 | 67 | — | 67 | #855 |
| 1931 | 70 | — | 70 | #818 |
| 1930 | 79 | — | 79 | #799 |
| 1929 | 56 | — | 56 | #967 |
| 1928 | 63 | — | 63 | #946 |
| 1927 | 76 | — | 76 | #849 |
| 1926 | 48 | — | 48 | #1,095 |
| 1925 | 37 | — | 37 | #1,322 |
| 1924 | 42 | — | 42 | #1,243 |
| 1923 | 35 | — | 35 | #1,349 |
| 1922 | 43 | — | 43 | #1,189 |
| 1921 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,377 |
| 1920 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,461 |
| 1919 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,436 |
| 1918 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,228 |
| 1917 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,544 |