Wanda

Boy · recorded 1917–1987

  • 1987last recorded
  • 1934best year

Most popular in 1934.

Last recorded in 1987. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1917

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 62 recorded years as a table
Wanda, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19176
19187
19218
19226
19235
19248
19257
192612
192717
192814
192921
193014
193123
193217
193319
193426
193516
193610
193715
193820
193915
194022
194117
194216
194314
194416
194513
19469
19473
19489
19497
19509
19517
195210
19539
195412
19555
195610
195710
195810
195910
196012
196115
196210
196317
196412
19658
196613
196710
196813
19698
19704
19715
19725
19734
19744
19774
19823
19834
19843
19863
19873

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Wanda isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1987
5
Rank in 1987
#6,951
How rare
1 in 373,396 boys
Since 1917
972

Wanda was last recorded in 1987. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1934, at 26 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Wanda doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.