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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Lawanda

Lawanda was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1977, when it ranked 366th with 592 babies. More babies were named Lawanda in the 1970s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
1977592 babies
Total since 1880
12,099babies recorded

Lawanda popularity since 1880

02505007501k 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 6 since 1977.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000#9,57710
1990#1,71486
1980#565329
1970#540350
1960#714204
1950#1,01382
1940#93260
1930#79879
1920#2,41515
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Lawanda, counting every spelling?

Lawanda has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Lawanda?

About 9,900 people born in the US named Lawanda are alive today, with a median age of 53; half are between 48 and 62. That makes Lawanda mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

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.

Lawanda by state

How common Lawanda was among girls born in each state in 1975–1979, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Mississippi (8.6×), South Carolina (5.6×), Alabama (4.4×), Georgia (4.2×), Louisiana (3.2×). In 24 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: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesWI0.07Vermont: 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: 0.40 per 1,000 babiesIL0.40Michigan: 0.28 per 1,000 babiesMI0.28New York: 0.22 per 1,000 babiesNY0.22Massachusetts: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesMA0.04Oregon: 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: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesIN0.03Ohio: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesOH0.16Pennsylvania: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesPA0.12New Jersey: 0.29 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.29Connecticut: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesCT0.09Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesCA0.08Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.59 per 1,000 babiesMO0.59Kentucky: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesKY0.11West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.73 per 1,000 babiesVA0.73Maryland: 0.38 per 1,000 babiesMD0.38Delaware: 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: 0.65 per 1,000 babiesAR0.65Tennessee: 0.68 per 1,000 babiesTN0.68North Carolina: 0.79 per 1,000 babiesNC0.79South Carolina: 1.8 per 1,000 babiesSC1.8District of Columbia: 0.90 per 1,000 babiesDC0.90Oklahoma: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesOK0.12Louisiana: 1.0 per 1,000 babiesLA1.0Mississippi: 2.8 per 1,000 babiesMS2.8Alabama: 1.4 per 1,000 babiesAL1.4Georgia: 1.4 per 1,000 babiesGA1.4Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.28 per 1,000 babiesTX0.28Florida: 0.78 per 1,000 babiesFL0.78
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Lawanda, girls, 1975–1979. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Lawanda: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Lawanda, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Lawanda

How popular is the name Lawanda?

Lawanda was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1977, when it ranked 366th with 592 babies. More babies were named Lawanda in the 1970s than in any other decade.

Is Lawanda a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Lawanda in the US.

Where was Lawanda most popular?

In 1975–1979, Lawanda was most common in Mississippi (2.77 per 1,000 girls), followed by South Carolina and Alabama.