Waunita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Waunita

The Social Security Administration has registered 865 babies named Waunita between 1904 and 1971, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Waunita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1971. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 35 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Waunita performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 281 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Waunita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kansas, which accounts for 36 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Missouri and Indiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Waunita in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Waunita 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 865 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.