Girls' name · since 1967
Luanda
Since 1967, U.S. Social Security records show 25 babies named Luanda, peaking in 1976. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #43,242 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 25
- born since 1967
- 1970s
- peak decade
Luanda sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 25 recorded since 1967.
Luanda has 25 recorded births among girls since 1967, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1967 to 1976.
- #43,242 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 25 born since 1967
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Luanda ranks #43,242 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 25 born since 1967, peaking in the 1970s.
- #43,242 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 25
- born since 1967
- 1970s
- peak decade
Luanda's 25 recorded births place it above 39.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Luanda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Luanda splits its recorded history at 1975: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1967 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1976 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Luanda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–1976
- Peak year (1976)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Luanda by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (20 births, 80% of the file).
1970s was Luanda's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 80% of all-time use.
Luanda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 20 births (80% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Luanda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1976)
Similar record span (~9 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, 1967–1976 (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 Luanda 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.