Quick answers about Lawanda
How many people are named Lawanda?
An estimated 9,110 living Americans are named Lawanda.
How rare is Lawanda?
Lawanda fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Lawanda?
The median age of a living American named Lawanda is approximately 52 years, with most bearers falling between 47 and 60 years old.
Is Lawanda still popular?
Not especially. Lawanda has been declining since its 1977 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Lawanda most common?
Lawanda has its strongest geographic signal in Oklahoma, where it appears 12.6× more often than the national baseline.
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Where it lives now
Lawanda is most concentrated in Mississippi — about 9.6× the national rate in the 1980s.
States where Lawanda is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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