Kawanda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Kawanda

The Social Security Administration has registered 423 babies named Kawanda between 1967 and 1993, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kawanda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 37 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kawanda performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 220 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kawanda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 56 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Mississippi and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Kawanda in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kawanda 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 423 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.