Elwanda · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Elwanda.

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Its story

Popularity since 1920

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 51 recorded years as a table

Elwanda, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1920	4
1921	79
1922	71
1923	45
1924	36
1925	41
1926	42
1927	41
1928	29
1929	26
1930	28
1931	40
1932	37
1933	38
1934	29
1935	22
1936	28
1937	28
1938	29
1939	33
1940	30
1941	25
1942	20
1943	12
1944	17
1945	14
1946	18
1947	16
1948	13
1949	15
1950	6
1951	9
1952	8
1953	9
1954	7
1955	4
1956	4
1957	3
1958	4
1959	4
1960	4
1961	5
1962	3
1963	3
1964	4
1965	4
1966	5
1968	4
1972	3
1974	4
1977	4

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Elwanda 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 1977: 6
Rank in 1977: #8,444
How rare: 1 in 255,524 girls
Since 1920: 1,272

Elwanda was last recorded in 1977. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1921, at 79 per million girls born.

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

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