Girls' name · since 1915
Wanza
Wanza has 418 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1915 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,179 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 418
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Wanza sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 418 recorded since 1915.
Wanza has 418 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.
- #13,179 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 418 born since 1915
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wanza ranks #13,179 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 418 born since 1915, peaking in the 1920s.
- #13,179 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 418
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Wanza's 418 recorded births place it above 81.78% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Wanza's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Wanza's full recorded timeline at 1939, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1920, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1915 peak of 33 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Wanza popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1965
- Peak year (1915)
- 33
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Wanza by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (86 births, 21% of the file).
1920s was Wanza's strongest decade.
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Wanza births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
73 births
- 1920s
1920s
86 births
- 1930s
1930s
79 births
- 1940s
1940s
78 births
- 1950s
1950s
58 births
- 1960s
1960s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 86 births (21% of all-time use).
Wanza by state
Where Wanza concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
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- Wanza's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (86 total births) through the 1960s (44) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Wanzas (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Wanza: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1915)
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 Wanza 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.