Elwanda
Recorded 1920–1977 · United States
Elwanda was most popular in 1921, when 98 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,361 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,272 people named Elwanda.
Elwanda over time
How old is the name Elwanda?
Elwanda first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1920, which makes it about 105 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 51 of the 106 years since. It was last recorded in 1977.
How many people are named Elwanda?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,272 American births named Elwanda between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 398 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Elwanda in 2025?
Elwanda was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Elwanda a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Elwanda is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,272 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Elwanda?
Roughly 398 Americans named Elwanda are alive today — 31% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 79 years old, and half are between 71 and 86.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Elwanda is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org