Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Wanna isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1907. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Wanna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 550
- 0 boys · 550 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1967. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 589 as a first name in 2020; 293 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Wanna’s family of names
Wanna may belong to the same name family as WANA. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Wanna
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Wanna, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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