girl's name

Wana

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 4
  • Births on record 198

Wana is a girl's name. In 1965 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1927, when 14 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1915.

Wana over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 1960s. The striped bar is the 1960s, still in progress — it covers 1960 to 1965, not a full ten years.

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Births named Wana by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 11
1920s 92
1930s 34
1940s 16
1950s 23
1960s (to 1965) 19

How popular is Wana?

In 1965, Wana was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Wana is used

England & Wales #6,304 3 in 2007
United States #7,056 5 in 1965

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Wana

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Wana also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Wana over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Wana

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Wana — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Wana

How popular is the name Wana?

In 1965, Wana was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Wana a girl's or a boy's name?

Wana is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Wana most popular?

Wana peaked in 1927, when 14 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.