Elwanda

Popularity Trends

The name Elwanda is the #6,469 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,272 recorded births since 1920. This represents the 16.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 16.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,450 (22.1% percentile) for all time with 1,272 births since 1920.

Elwanda first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1920 (first recorded for girls in 1920). Birth data for Elwanda is available in 51 out of the 58 years between 1920 and 1977. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For girls, Elwanda reached its peak popularity in 1921, achieving the 15.4% percentile (ranked #512) with 77 births per million. The name was most common in 1921, with 77 births per million (ranked 15.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1977.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Elwanda".

1920 1977 19201977

Key Statistics

Total Births

1,272

Peak Births

Peak Year

1921

First Recorded

1920

Peak Percentile

15.4%

Current Percentile

—

Peak Rank

#512

Current Rank

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Female statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Elwanda", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Elwanda.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Elwanda's popularity from 1917 to 1980 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Elwanda at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Elwanda range from Bette at 90.2% correlation to June at 83.4% correlation, with an average correlation level of 84.9%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Betty with 1.0M births (100% girls) and the least popular is Haward with 179 births (100% boys).

Elwanda's share of births peaked at 76.6 births per million for girls in 1921. It reached its lowest point of 3 births per million (4% of peak) in 1962. In 1977, the most recent period with data, the name Elwanda had 3.6 births per million, 5% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Bette

34.9k

90.16% (very strong)

Margie

106.4k

87.27% (very strong)

Donal

3,712

86.07% (very strong)

Dorma

690

85.80% (very strong)

Haward

179

84.07% (very strong)

Merline

1,079

83.97% (very strong)

Betty

83.90% (very strong)

Shirlie

1,288

83.86% (very strong)

Elayne

4,032

83.77% (very strong)

Norma

279.2k

83.51% (very strong)

Mardell

2,264

83.48% (very strong)

June

205.1k

83.45% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Elwanda

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Elwanda. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 74.3% confident that Elwanda is pronounced as ehl-WAHN-duh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EHL-wahn-duh, at 14.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.

ehl-WAHN-duh

74.3%

EHL-wahn-duh

14.3%

EHL-WAHN-duh

11.4%

ehl-WAHN-duh (3 syllables)

74.3% confidence

EH0 L W AA1 N D AH0

EHL-wahn-duh (3 syllables)

14.3% confidence

EH1 L W AA0 N D AH0

EHL-WAHN-duh (3 syllables)

11.4% confidence

EH1 L W AA1 N D AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like EH0 L W AA1 N D AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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