Lawanda
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- luh-WON-da
- Origin
- Modern
Lawanda is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Lawanda mean?
Modern: La- prefix + Wanda
Formed from the La- prefix and Wanda, the name of a legendary Polish princess.
Is Lawanda a girl's or a boy's name?
Lawanda is a girls' name.
How popular is Lawanda in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1977, with 592 girls. It first appears in the records in 1917.
Half of all the girls named Lawanda in the US since 1880 were born between 1959 and 1977, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lawanda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,367 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 34 | #3,280 |
| 1994 | 39 | #2,983 |
| 1993 | 44 | #2,720 |
| 1992 | 62 | #2,151 |
| 1991 | 77 | #1,826 |
| 1990 | 86 | #1,697 |
| 1989 | 71 | #1,846 |
| 1988 | 76 | #1,684 |
| 1987 | 97 | #1,386 |
| 1986 | 116 | #1,203 |
| 1985 | 121 | #1,172 |
| 1984 | 160 | #927 |
| 1983 | 153 | #957 |
| 1982 | 253 | #695 |
| 1981 | 283 | #630 |
| 1980 | 329 | #564 |
| 1979 | 397 | #504 |
| 1978 | 443 | #448 |
| 1977 | 592 | #366 |
| 1976 | 494 | #409 |
| 1975 | 529 | #385 |
| 1974 | 458 | #424 |
| 1973 | 441 | #437 |
| 1972 | 412 | #453 |
| 1971 | 417 | #475 |
| 1970 | 350 | #540 |
| 1969 | 280 | #592 |
| 1968 | 270 | #583 |
| 1967 | 213 | #656 |
| 1966 | 244 | #607 |
| 1965 | 226 | #653 |
| 1964 | 261 | #628 |
| 1963 | 217 | #685 |
| 1962 | 190 | #753 |
| 1961 | 210 | #715 |
| 1960 | 204 | #713 |
| 1959 | 177 | #767 |
| 1958 | 174 | #752 |
| 1957 | 157 | #806 |
| 1956 | 142 | #829 |
| 1955 | 105 | #966 |
| 1954 | 119 | #877 |
| 1953 | 111 | #893 |
| 1952 | 102 | #913 |
| 1951 | 97 | #937 |
| 1950 | 82 | #1,006 |
| 1949 | 103 | #861 |
| 1948 | 83 | #954 |
| 1947 | 75 | #1,020 |
| 1946 | 69 | #1,014 |
| 1945 | 64 | #968 |
| 1944 | 61 | #993 |
| 1943 | 71 | #922 |
| 1942 | 58 | #1,024 |
| 1941 | 66 | #903 |
| 1940 | 60 | #928 |
| 1939 | 68 | #848 |
| 1938 | 62 | #899 |
| 1937 | 56 | #920 |
| 1936 | 67 | #818 |
| 1935 | 75 | #779 |
| 1934 | 84 | #728 |
| 1933 | 71 | #782 |
| 1932 | 67 | #846 |
| 1931 | 70 | #812 |
| 1930 | 79 | #795 |
| 1929 | 56 | #959 |
| 1928 | 63 | #936 |
| 1927 | 76 | #848 |
| 1926 | 48 | #1,079 |
| 1925 | 37 | #1,296 |
| 1924 | 42 | #1,227 |
| 1923 | 35 | #1,327 |
| 1922 | 43 | #1,168 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,282 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,357 |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,217 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,081 |
Names like Lawanda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rebecca, Linda, Regina, Priscilla, Angela, Laura, Loretta, Teresa, Lisa, Monica, Diana, Christina
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lawanda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lawanda, updated 20 October 2026.