How rare is the name Wanda?

171,034 people in the United States have the first name Wanda, about 1 in 1,766. It ranks #327 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

WANDA

#327

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
171,034
About
1 in 1,766
This common or more
50.6%
Who bears it

Of the 171,034 people named Wanda, 67.6% reported their origin as White, 20% as Black and 8.3% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Wanda peaked in 1957, when 7,735 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1957
Births that year
7,735
In 2025*
20 ▼100%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 282,186 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Wanda by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #96. The largest share of babies named Wanda, 44.6%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1880s#1,029143
1890s#569626
1900s#4131,527
1910s#25810,748
1920s#13336,116
1930s#9643,257
1940s#11050,949
1950s#11372,636
1960s#15648,001
1970s#38013,326
1980s#1,1512,900
1990s#2,5281,095
2000s#5,510479
2010s#9,376239
2020s#9,162144
Before 19010.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–2714%
Silent Generation 1928–4528.3%
Baby boom 1946–6444.6%
Generation X 1965–8011.3%
Millennials 1981–961.2%
Generation Z 1997–120.3%
2013 and later0.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Wanda is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Wanda has been most common in Oklahoma (3.5×), Arkansas (3×), and Kentucky (2.9×), and least common in Nevada (0.13×).

276,216 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Wanda

#325 Rodney · 172,298#326 Dustin · 171,388#328 Sydney · 169,164#329 Gavin · 168,745

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Wanda, most common first.

#20,072 Wandy · 518#34,642 Wanida · 235

Also a last name

As a last name, Wanda ranks #61,433 of 156,621, with 353 people. See Wanda as a last name

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