Girls' name · peaked in 1933
Wanda name popularity since 1925
254,049 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Wanda. Half of them were born in 1951 or earlier, so the typical Wanda is about 75 years old in 2026. Wanda peaked in 1933 as the #48 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 254,049
- Named Wanda, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1933
- #48 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #6,096 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.6% girls
- 253,121 girls · 928 boys
- Most popular in
- Oklahoma
- 3.46× its national share
Peak year is the year Wanda made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Wanda births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1957. Measured as a share of all babies, Wanda peaked in 1933.
- Steepest fall: Between 1981 and 1986, Wanda's share of baby girls fell by 61%, from 1 in 3,650 to 1 in 9,430.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Wanda's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Wanda.
Decade by decade
Babies named Wanda in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 20,945 | 78 | – |
| 1930s | 43,072 | 185 | #49 |
| 1940s | 50,775 | 174 | #58 |
| 1950s | 72,448 | 188 | #61 |
| 1960s | 47,771 | 230 | #81 |
| 1970s | 13,280 | 46 | #230 |
| 1980s | 2,873 | 27 | #741 |
| 1990s | 1,095 | 0 | #1,639 |
| 2000s | 479 | 0 | #3,208 |
| 2010s | 239 | 0 | #5,447 |
| 2020–25 | 144 | 0 | #6,096 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
49.5% of babies named Wanda from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Wanda is most popular
The index compares Wanda's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Wanda.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 3.46× | 11,452 |
| Kentucky | 3.23× | 13,715 |
| Arkansas | 3.20× | 8,356 |
| West Virginia | 2.82× | 6,285 |
| Tennessee | 2.56× | 13,698 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Wanda's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Wanda.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Wanda (1933).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data