Kewanda — girls' name
125 babies named Kewanda in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
125 girls have been named Kewanda since 1972, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1991.
- 125
- total births
- 1972–1991
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 47%
- born in that decade
47% of everyone ever named Kewanda was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Kewanda in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kewanda
The Social Security Administration has registered 125 babies named Kewanda between 1972 and 1991, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kewanda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kewanda performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 59 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kewanda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kewanda in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kewanda 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 125 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.
Kewanda at a glance
Last recorded 1991Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kewanda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–1972
- Peak year (1978)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1991.
125 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 18 births in a single year.
Kewanda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 59 births that decade — 47% of Kewanda's all-time total
Kewanda decade highlights
- Peak decade 59 births
- Runner-up 54 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Kewanda's strongest decade
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Kewanda by state
Where Kewanda concentrates geographically — total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 5 | 4.0% |
5 of 125 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 4.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1972–1991 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.