Lawanda

Girl · recorded 1917–2021

  • 2021last recorded
  • 1977best year

Most popular in 1977.

Last recorded in 2021. Fewer than five girls 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

019338619171943196919952021

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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 90 recorded years as a table
Lawanda, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19176
19186
19198
192013
192113
192236
192329
192434
192530
192640
192764
192855
192950
193070
193166
193263
193370
193480
193572
193664
193753
193856
193962
194052
194155
194243
194351
194446
194549
194644
194742
194849
194960
195048
195154
195255
195359
195461
195554
195671
195777
195886
195987
1960101
1961104
196297
1963113
1964138
1965128
1966144
1967129
1968165
1969166
1970200
1971251
1972271
1973302
1974312
1975363
1976337
1977386
1978289
1979247
1980198
1981170
1982149
198392
198495
198570
198668
198756
198843
198939
199045
199141
199234
199324
199422
199519
19969
199714
19987
19995
20006
20014
20027
20034
20044
20094
20213

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Lawanda 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 2021
5
Rank in 2021
#15,251
How rare
1 in 328,172 girls
Since 1917
12,093

Lawanda was last recorded in 2021. 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 1977, at 386 per million girls born.

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

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