Dawanda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Dawanda

The Social Security Administration has registered 249 babies named Dawanda between 1962 and 1997, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dawanda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dawanda performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 115 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Dawanda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dawanda in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 249 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.