Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Wanda

Gender

Female

Origin

Australian
Wanderer
Native American
Eagle (Sioux)

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Exotic

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Wanda

Pronunciation

wa(n)-da

Famous People

Singer Wanda Jackson

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1963 (rank #1320, 35 births); most recent 1987 (rank #6947, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1957 (rank #59, 7,701 births); most recent 2025 (rank #5917, 20 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–20
2024–26
2023–21
2022–23
2021–36
2020–18
2019–13
2018–20
2017–27
2016–30

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2019 (rank #2287, 11 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3332, 7 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
20257
20245
20235
202210
20219
20209
201911
20184
20178
20164

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 1930 (rank #150, 184 births); most recent 2023 (rank #2962, 8 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
20238
20227
20214
20205
20193
20184
201715
20167
20154
20147

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 1968 (rank #401, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2020 (rank #636, 4 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
20204
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 1961 (rank #94, 41 births); most recent 1979 (rank #403, 6 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence