Wanda
Girls' name · Mid-century
- Living in the US
- ~165,700 survival-weighted estimate
- 2025 rank
- #5,917 among girls
- Births in 2025
- 20 282,186 since 1880
- Typical age
- 69 years, median
Wanda popularity over time
1957 is the peak year for Wanda, with 7,735 births. It appears in the very first year SSA covers, 1880. It has held a top-100 place in 46 separate years.
As of 2025 the name sits at #5,917, with 20 births that year. The ten-year change is -20%. It slipped 896 places against the previous year.
How many people are named Wanda?
An estimated 165,700 living Americans are called Wanda. SSA has recorded 282,186 births under the name since 1880.
This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.
How old is the average Wanda?
The typical living Wanda is 69 years old. Most living bearers were born in the 1950s. By the site’s era rules that makes Wanda a mid-century name.
Your Wanda
Wanda in England and Wales
In England and Wales, Wanda ranked #3,333 in 2025 on 7 births. That is 22% lower than five years earlier.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.
Where the name Wanda comes from
Borrowed from Polish Wanda, possibly derived from an ethnic term for “a Wend”.
Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.
Notable people named Wanda
| Name | Known for | Years | Editions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Wanda Landowska | Polish-French harpsichordist | 1879–1959 | 39 |
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Wanda Rutkiewicz | Polish mountain climber | 1943–1992 | 39 |
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Wanda Sykes | American comedian, writer, actress and voice artist | 1964 | 37 |
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Wanda Jackson | American singer, songwriter, pianist and guitarist | 1937 | 30 |
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Wanda Wasilewska | Polish writer | 1905–1964 | 29 |
| Wanda Panfil | Polish long distance runner | 1959 | 24 | |
| Wanda Vázquez Garced | Puerto Rican politician and attorney | 1960 | 22 | |
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Wanda Klaff | Nazi concentration camp guard | 1922–1946 | 19 |
Photo credits (6)
- Wanda Landowska — Bain News Services (publisher), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Wanda Rutkiewicz — Seweryn Bidziński, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Wanda Sykes — Greg Hernandez, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Wanda Jackson — Capital Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Wanda Wasilewska, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Wanda Klaff, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.
Names similar to Wanda
Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.
Related pages
- All names from 1957
- Top names of 2025
- Names beginning with W
- Every year, 1880 to 2025
- Names by state
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