Wanona — girls' name
102 babies named Wanona in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
28% of everyone ever named Wanona was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Wanona in 1972 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Wanona
The Social Security Administration has registered 102 babies named Wanona between 1915 and 1976, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Wanona currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1976. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Wanona performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 29 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Wanona shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Wanona 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 102 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.
Wanona at a glance
Last recorded 1976Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Wanona popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–1915
- Peak year (1972)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 62 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1976.
102 total births across 62 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1972 with 9 births in a single year.
Wanona by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 29 births that decade — 28% of Wanona's all-time total
Wanona decade highlights
- Peak decade 29 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Wanona's strongest decade
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% 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, 1915–1976 (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.