How Many People Are Named Wonda?
An estimated 1,141 people in the United States have the first name Wonda. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 66 years old, and Wonda peaked in popularity in 1959 with 67 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Wonda as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Wonda paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- With an average bearer age of 66, Wonda is a vintage name most associated with earlier generations. Most living bearers were born before 1970.
Estimated Living Americans
1,141
About 1 in 300,398 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
66
years old
Peak Year
1959
67 births
Total Registered
1,776
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Wonda
Wonda is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,776 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Wonda as a female name
Ranked #9,522 in 1986
7 female births in 1986
Peak: 1959 (67 births)
Wonda: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Wonda span from the 1910s to the 1980s, covering 8 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1950s, when 537 babies were registered. Wonda has declined significantly from its peak in the 1950s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Wonda by Decade
How has Wonda tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Wonda by State
Birth registrations for Wonda span all 13 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in Texas, Tennessee, Mississippi. The lowest are in Ohio, Missouri, North Carolina. On average, about 37 Wondas were registered per state.
Wonda + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Wonda as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Wonda
Other first names starting with W with a similar number of bearers.
Wonda: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Wonda?
We estimate approximately 1,141 people named Wonda are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 300,398 Americans share this first name.
Is Wonda a common name?
Wonda is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 90.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,776 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Wonda most popular?
Wonda reached peak popularity in 1959, when 67 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Wonda is approximately 66 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Wonda a female name?
Wonda is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Wonda Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Wonda Smith, Wonda Johnson, Wonda Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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