Girls' name · since 1954
Lawonda
307 babies named Lawonda in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,706 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 307
- born since 1954
- 1970s
- peak decade
307 girls have been named Lawonda since 1954, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lawonda has been recorded 307 times among girls since 1954, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1954 to 1991.
- #15,706 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 307 born since 1954
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lawonda ranks #15,706 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 307 born since 1954, peaking in the 1970s.
- #15,706 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 307
- born since 1954
- 1970s
- peak decade
Lawonda's 307 recorded births place it above 78.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lawonda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lawonda's full recorded timeline at 1973, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1961, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1978 peak of 25 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lawonda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1954–1991
- Peak year (1978)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Lawonda by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (155 births, 50% of the file).
1970s was Lawonda's strongest decade.
155 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Lawonda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1960s
1960s
82 births
- 1970s
1970s
155 births
- 1980s 59
1980s
59 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 155 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Lawonda's decade-level peak was the 1970s (155 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- 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 Lawonda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1954–1991 (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 Lawonda 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.