Lawanza — girls' name
18 babies named Lawanza in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
18 girls have been named Lawanza since 1968, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1976.
- 18
- total births
- 1968–1976
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 72%
- born in that decade
72% of everyone ever named Lawanza was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Lawanza in 1974 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lawanza
The Social Security Administration has registered 18 babies named Lawanza between 1968 and 1976, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lawanza currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1976. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lawanza performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Lawanza shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lawanza 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 18 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.
Lawanza at a glance
Last recorded 1976Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lawanza popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–1968
- Peak year (1974)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1976.
18 total births across 9 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1974 with 7 births in a single year.
Lawanza by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 13 births that decade — 72% of Lawanza's all-time total
Lawanza decade highlights
- Peak decade 13 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Lawanza's strongest decade
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 72% of all-time use.
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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, 1968–1976 (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.