Lawanda is an established girls' name that peaked in 1977 and has since faded.
Lawanda is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2021. Lawanda was first reported in SSA data in 1917 and peaked in 1977 (592 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | 5 | #16,644 | — |
| 2009 | 7 | 7 | #14,567 | — |
| 2004 | 7 | 7 | #13,569 | — |
| 2003 | 7 | 7 | #13,238 | — |
| 2002 | 12 | 12 | #8,590 | — |
| 2001 | 7 | 7 | #12,842 | — |
| 2000 | 10 | 10 | #9,577 | — |
| 1999 | 9 | 9 | #9,969 | — |
| 1998 | 13 | 13 | #7,365 | — |
| 1997 | 24 | — | #4,455 | — |
| 1996 | 15 | — | #6,239 | — |
| 1995 | 34 | — | #3,329 | — |
| 1994 | 39 | — | #3,015 | — |
| 1993 | 44 | — | #2,750 | — |
| 1992 | 62 | — | #2,169 | — |
| 1991 | 77 | — | #1,847 | — |
| 1990 | 86 | — | #1,714 | — |
| 1989 | 71 | — | #1,864 | — |
| 1988 | 76 | — | #1,697 | — |
| 1987 | 97 | — | #1,392 | — |
| 1986 | 116 | — | #1,205 | — |
| 1985 | 121 | — | #1,174 | — |
| 1984 | 160 | — | #927 | — |
| 1983 | 153 | — | #957 | — |
| 1982 | 253 | — | #696 | — |
| 1981 | 283 | — | #631 | — |
| 1980 | 329 | — | #565 | — |
| 1979 | 397 | — | #504 | — |
| 1978 | 443 | — | #449 | — |
| 1977 | 598 | — | #366 | #5,544 |
| 1976 | 494 | — | #410 | — |
| 1975 | 529 | — | #385 | — |
| 1974 | 458 | — | #426 | — |
| 1973 | 441 | — | #437 | — |
| 1972 | 412 | — | #453 | — |
| 1971 | 417 | — | #475 | — |
| 1970 | 350 | — | #540 | — |
| 1969 | 280 | — | #593 | — |
| 1968 | 270 | — | #583 | — |
| 1967 | 213 | — | #658 | — |
| 1966 | 244 | — | #608 | — |
| 1965 | 226 | — | #655 | — |
| 1964 | 261 | — | #630 | — |
| 1963 | 217 | — | #686 | — |
| 1962 | 190 | — | #755 | — |
| 1961 | 210 | — | #718 | — |
| 1960 | 204 | — | #714 | — |
| 1959 | 177 | — | #767 | — |
| 1958 | 174 | — | #754 | — |
| 1957 | 157 | — | #808 | — |
| 1956 | 142 | — | #833 | — |
| 1955 | 105 | — | #971 | — |
| 1954 | 119 | — | #880 | — |
| 1953 | 111 | — | #894 | — |
| 1952 | 102 | — | #917 | — |
| 1951 | 97 | — | #941 | — |
| 1950 | 82 | — | #1,013 | — |
| 1949 | 103 | — | #866 | — |
| 1948 | 83 | — | #960 | — |
| 1947 | 75 | — | #1,027 | — |
| 1946 | 69 | — | #1,021 | — |
| 1945 | 64 | — | #973 | — |
| 1944 | 61 | — | #997 | — |
| 1943 | 71 | — | #927 | — |
| 1942 | 58 | — | #1,032 | — |
| 1941 | 66 | — | #909 | — |
| 1940 | 60 | — | #932 | — |
| 1939 | 68 | — | #853 | — |
| 1938 | 62 | — | #901 | — |
| 1937 | 56 | — | #924 | — |
| 1936 | 67 | — | #823 | — |
| 1935 | 75 | — | #782 | — |
| 1934 | 84 | — | #729 | — |
| 1933 | 71 | — | #785 | — |
| 1932 | 67 | — | #850 | — |
| 1931 | 70 | — | #816 | — |
| 1930 | 79 | — | #798 | — |
| 1929 | 56 | — | #964 | — |
| 1928 | 63 | — | #940 | — |
| 1927 | 76 | — | #849 | — |
| 1926 | 48 | — | #1,087 | — |
| 1925 | 37 | — | #1,311 | — |
| 1924 | 42 | — | #1,235 | — |
| 1923 | 35 | — | #1,339 | — |
| 1922 | 43 | — | #1,178 | — |
| 1921 | 16 | — | #2,333 | — |
| 1920 | 15 | — | #2,415 | — |
| 1919 | 9 | — | #3,337 | — |
| 1918 | 7 | — | #4,084 | — |
| 1917 | 6 | — | #4,370 | — |