Dwanda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Dwanda

The Social Security Administration has registered 249 babies named Dwanda between 1942 and 1994, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dwanda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dwanda performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 100 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Dwanda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dwanda in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dwanda 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.