Wanda

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Wanda: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Wanda: Recorded since 1968, with a gap of 32 years, its highest recorded position is #401, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
57years from first to last
#401highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Wanda's record

Absent from every published list for 32 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2001–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#3998
2005	#4798
2007	#4294
2009	#5556
2011	#5785
2012	#3681
2013	#4050
2014	#3514
2015	#2945
2016	#4763
2017	#2925
2018	#4684
2019	#2286
2020	#2615
2021	#2711
2022	#2488
2023	#4056
2024	#4192

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 18 of the 24 years from 2001 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1968–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2001
First recorded at #3998 among girls in England and Wales in 2001 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Wanda by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Wanda in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	13	4 of 10	3
2010s	55	9 of 10	6
2020sbusiest	38	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Wanda appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1968 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #401 in Republic of Ireland in 1968.

Wanda's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2488	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2711	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2615	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2286	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2925	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1968 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #401, first reached in 1968.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 32 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2001, and 33 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Walter · #97, 80y
Wan · #1962, 25y
Wania · #1225, 23y
Waniya · #1692, 18y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Allyson · #401, 15y
Lacey-Mae · #401, 23y
Nedas · #403, 16y
Blayne · #404, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Allyson · #401, 15y
Celeste · #401, 30y
Luisa · #401, 31y
Phillipa · #401, 32y

Wanda was ranked #401 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1968. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Wanda and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Wanda without appearing here.

Wanda moved ahead of

Carol Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4684 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2286 and #5591.
Donna Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4684 and #3518 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2286 and #5591.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2286 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2615 and #5493.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2711 and #5581.

Moved ahead of Wanda

Blake Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4294 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #5556 and #3936.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2711 and #1286.
Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2711 and #1785.
Cooper Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #3695.

Moved the opposite way to Wanda

Arlo Compare
Between 2015 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Wanda went from #2945 to #4192 while Arlo went from #5730 to #1894.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1968 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #401 in Republic of Ireland in 1968. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Wanda

Wanda at a glance

What stands out in Wanda's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Wanda by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Wanda at a glance

What stands out in Wanda's record

Wanda by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Wanda appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Wanda

Wanda and the names beside it

Wanda moved ahead of

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