The first name Lawanda
A girl’s name.
3 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
A female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Lawanda at birth, 1880–2025
In 2021, 5 girls born in the United States were named Lawanda, the 16,644th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1977, when 592 were.
12,099
babies named Lawanda since 1880
#16,644
rank in 2021
1977
peak year
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Lawanda
1 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- LaWanda PageActress, comedian (1920-2002)
Questions
- Is Lawanda a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 12,099 US babies named Lawanda since 1880 were girls.
- When was Lawanda most popular?
- 1977 in the United States, when 592 babies were named Lawanda, its highest rank at 366th.