Elwanda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Elwanda

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,272 babies named Elwanda between 1920 and 1977, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elwanda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1977. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 98 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elwanda performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 499 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Elwanda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 162 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arkansas and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Elwanda in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elwanda 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 1,272 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.