Girls' name · since 1915
Wana
195 babies named Wana in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1927. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,103 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 195
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Wana is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 195 have been recorded since 1915.
Wana has 195 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1965.
- #20,103 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 195 born since 1915
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wana ranks #20,103 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 195 born since 1915, peaking in the 1920s.
- #20,103 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 195
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Wana's 195 recorded births place it above 72.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Wana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Wana's SSA record in two at 1932 and the more recent half accounts for 43% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 57%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1915, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1927 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Wana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1965
- Peak year (1927)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Wana by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (92 births, 47% of the file).
1920s was Wana's strongest decade.
92 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Wana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 11
1910s
11 births
- 1920s
1920s
92 births
- 1930s 34
1930s
34 births
- 1940s 16
1940s
16 births
- 1950s 23
1950s
23 births
- 1960s 19
1960s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 92 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Wana's decade-level peak was the 1920s (92 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 1960s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Wana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~50 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, 1915–1965 (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 Wana 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.