Wonda
Wonda was last recorded in 1986, when 7 babies were given it; 1,776 Americans have been recorded with it between 1916 and 1986 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,260 Americans named Wonda and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (71% of everyone recorded); the median is 66 years old and half are between 60 and 73.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Wonda by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Wonda?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #9,517, in 1986; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
67 babies in 1959, the peak
Wonda peaked in 1959, when 67 girls were given it, #1,313 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 7 | #9,517 | 4.1 |
| 1983 | 6 | #10,253 | 3.6 |
| 1982 | 5 | #12,283 | 3.0 |
| 1980 | 7 | #9,075 | 4.2 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,953 | 7.2 |
| 1977 | 8 | #7,551 | 5.2 |
| 1976 | 8 | #7,281 | 5.5 |
| 1975 | 13 | #4,846 | 8.9 |
| 1974 | 22 | #3,209 | 15.0 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,963 | 11.0 |
Every recorded year (62)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 22 | #3,059 | 14.5 |
| 1971 | 33 | #2,374 | 19.8 |
| 1970 | 40 | #2,079 | 22.9 |
| 1969 | 42 | #1,954 | 24.9 |
| 1968 | 34 | #2,090 | 20.7 |
| 1967 | 40 | #1,880 | 24.2 |
| 1966 | 64 | #1,384 | 37.8 |
| 1965 | 64 | #1,389 | 36.3 |
| 1964 | 47 | #1,707 | 24.8 |
| 1963 | 55 | #1,520 | 28.5 |
| 1962 | 58 | #1,475 | 29.5 |
| 1961 | 67 | #1,373 | 33.2 |
| 1960 | 59 | #1,445 | 29.2 |
| 1959 | 67 | #1,313 | 33.1 |
| 1958 | 65 | #1,320 | 32.3 |
| 1957 | 54 | #1,456 | 26.4 |
| 1956 | 58 | #1,376 | 28.9 |
| 1955 | 59 | #1,318 | 30.2 |
| 1954 | 61 | #1,276 | 31.4 |
| 1953 | 44 | #1,489 | 23.4 |
| 1952 | 54 | #1,314 | 29.1 |
| 1951 | 40 | #1,501 | 22.2 |
| 1950 | 35 | #1,600 | 20.4 |
| 1949 | 22 | #2,129 | 12.9 |
| 1948 | 32 | #1,666 | 18.8 |
| 1947 | 28 | #1,861 | 15.8 |
| 1946 | 27 | #1,769 | 17.2 |
| 1945 | 32 | #1,448 | 24.5 |
| 1944 | 28 | #1,575 | 21.1 |
| 1943 | 27 | #1,661 | 19.4 |
| 1942 | 22 | #1,858 | 16.3 |
| 1941 | 23 | #1,695 | 19.0 |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,896 | 16.6 |
| 1939 | 28 | #1,423 | 25.5 |
| 1938 | 14 | #2,337 | 12.7 |
| 1937 | 18 | #1,912 | 16.9 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,872 | 17.3 |
| 1935 | 23 | #1,604 | 21.9 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,737 | 10.5 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,537 | 11.9 |
| 1932 | 22 | #1,681 | 20.6 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,746 | 10.3 |
| 1930 | 16 | #2,199 | 14.2 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,734 | 10.7 |
| 1928 | 10 | #3,158 | 8.7 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,852 | 10.1 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,837 | 5.1 |
| 1925 | 10 | #3,358 | 8.2 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,423 | 5.6 |
| 1923 | 11 | #3,121 | 9.1 |
| 1920 | 5 | #5,748 | 4.2 |
| 1916 | 5 | #5,151 | 4.8 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Wonda a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Wonda has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 62 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Wonda: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Wonda, and how old are they?
1,260 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 71% of the 1,776 Americans ever recorded as Wonda. The median Wonda alive today is 66 years old; half are between 60 and 73.
The 2020 Census counted 988 people named Wonda (988 women and girls, 0 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,398 born in the U.S. The Census count is 29% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 119 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 739 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 387 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 17 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Wonda
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
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- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Wonda alive today were born 1946-1964.
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