# Lawanda (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lawanda/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 12,099 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6 / 12,093 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 62 | 2,169 |
| 1993 | 44 | 2,750 |
| 1994 | 39 | 3,015 |
| 1995 | 34 | 3,329 |
| 1996 | 15 | 6,239 |
| 1997 | 24 | 4,455 |
| 1998 | 13 | 7,365 |
| 1999 | 9 | 9,969 |
| 2000 | 10 | 9,577 |
| 2001 | 7 | 12,842 |
| 2002 | 12 | 8,590 |
| 2003 | 7 | 13,238 |
| 2004 | 7 | 13,569 |
| 2009 | 7 | 14,567 |
| 2021 | 5 | 16,644 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 6 | 5,544 |

## People named Lawanda

- LaWanda Page, actress, comedian (1920-2002)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.