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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Elwanda

Elwanda was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1921, when it ranked 739th with 98 babies. More babies were named Elwanda in the 1920s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
192198 babies
Total since 1880
1,272babies recorded

Elwanda popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980——
1970——
1960#4,5519
1950#3,49810
1940#1,27834
1930#1,37931
1920#5,2065
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Elwanda, counting every spelling?

Elwanda has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Elwanda?

About 400 people born in the US named Elwanda are alive today, with a median age of 78; half are between 70 and 85. That makes Elwanda a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Elwanda by state

How common Elwanda was among girls born in each state in 1919–1923, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Arkansas (9.3×), Texas (4.8×). In 44 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesMO0.10Kentucky: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesKY0.08West Virginia: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesWV0.14Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: 0.38 per 1,000 babiesAR0.38Tennessee: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesTN0.06North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesOK0.12Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesTX0.20Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Elwanda, girls, 1919–1923. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Elwanda

How popular is the name Elwanda?

Elwanda was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1921, when it ranked 739th with 98 babies. More babies were named Elwanda in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Is Elwanda a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 1,272 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Elwanda most popular?

In 1919–1923, Elwanda was most common in Arkansas (0.38 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and West Virginia.