How Many People Are Named Lawanda?
people named Lawanda are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 34,168 people in the US has this name
Based on 12,099 babies named Lawanda in Social Security records from 1917 to 2021, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
598 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name WANDA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Lawanda (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lawanda alive today is about 54 years old, and 71% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 47 and 61 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lawanda first appears in the records in 1917 and was given most often in 1977, to 598 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2021.
Babies given the name each year, 1917 to 2021
🏆 Rank History
Lawanda has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #366, in 1977.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #366 (1977) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #454 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lawanda alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lawanda were born in Texas than in any other state: about 858 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lawanda was given 4.9 times as often in Mississippi, 3.9 times in Oklahoma and 3.3 times in Georgia.
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