Lawanda vs Lawayne
American parents have registered 12,099 Lawandas since 1880, against 579 Lawaynes. But in 2025 it was Lawayne that was commoner, 9 babies to fewer than five.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Lawanda Lawayne
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 107 years in which either name was published, Lawanda for 87 years and Lawayne for 20 years. The lead changed hands 3 times.
Side by side
| Lawanda | Lawayne | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 12,099 | 579 |
| Most in one year | 598 | 15 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 9 |
| Estimated living today | 10,000 | 480 |
| Median age today | 52 | 35 |
| Peak year | 1977 | 1940 |
| Best rank | 366th girls | 1,802nd boys |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 8,243rd |
| First recorded | 1917 | 1926 |
| Girls / boys | 12,093 / 6 | 10 / 569 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Lawandas alive today are over 52; half the Lawaynes are over 35. That is 17 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Lawanda and Lawayne.