Total births
23
Girls' name · since 1964
Yowanda
23 babies named Yowanda in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 1964. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 23
- total births
- 1964–1979
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 74%
- born in that decade
Yowanda sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 23 recorded since 1964.
Yowanda has 23 recorded births among girls since 1964, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1964 to 1979.
- 23 total births
- 1964–1979 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 74% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
23 girls have been named Yowanda since 1964, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1979.
- 23
- total births
- 1964–1979
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 74%
- born in that decade
1970s
Peak decade
74% of everyone ever named Yowanda was born in this single decade.
1964
Single peak year
6 babies were named Yowanda in 1964 - its busiest year on record.
Yowanda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yowanda's full recorded timeline at 1973, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1971, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1964 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Yowanda at a glance
Last recorded 1979Peak year
1964
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1964
Yowanda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–1979
- Peak year (1964)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Yowanda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Yowanda's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 74% of all-time use.
Yowanda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 17 births (74% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Yowanda? ▼
Since 1964, Social Security records show 23 babies named Yowanda. The most recent recorded year was 1979. Its busiest year on record was 1964, with 6 births.
When was Yowanda most popular? ▼
Yowanda was most popular in the 1970s decade with 17 total births. The single peak year was 1964.
How long has the name Yowanda been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Yowanda since 1964 -- 16 years through the most recent 1979 data.
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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, 1964–1979 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Yowanda: Baby Name Since 1964 - 23 Births, Peak 1964." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/yowanda. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Yowanda 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 June 2026.