Girls' name · since 1964
Jawanda
257 babies named Jawanda in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,335 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 257
- born since 1964
- 1970s
- peak decade
Jawanda is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 257 have been recorded since 1964.
Social Security Administration records show Jawanda recorded 257 times among girls since 1964, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1964 to 2000.
- #17,335 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 257 born since 1964
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jawanda ranks #17,335 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 257 born since 1964, peaking in the 1970s.
- #17,335 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 257
- born since 1964
- 1970s
- peak decade
Jawanda's 257 recorded births place it above 75.99% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jawanda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jawanda splits its recorded history at 1981: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1964 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1975 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jawanda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–2000
- Peak year (1975)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Jawanda by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (106 births, 41% of the file).
1970s was Jawanda's strongest decade.
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Jawanda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 18
1960s
18 births
- 1970s
1970s
106 births
- 1980s
1980s
86 births
- 1990s 42
1990s
42 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 106 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Jawanda's decade-level peak was the 1970s (106 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jawanda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~36 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1964–2000 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jawanda draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.