Girls' name · since 1942
Dwala
Dwala has 26 recorded births since 1942 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1942 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #42,648 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 26
- born since 1942
- 1940s
- peak decade
Dwala sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 26 recorded since 1942.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dwala has been recorded 26 times among girls since 1942, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1940s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1942 to 1943.
- #42,648 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 26 born since 1942
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dwala ranks #42,648 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 26 born since 1942, peaking in the 1940s.
- #42,648 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 26
- born since 1942
- 1940s
- peak decade
Dwala's 26 recorded births place it above 40.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dwala's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dwala's full recorded timeline at 1943, 42% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 58% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1943, with just 11 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1942 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dwala popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1942–1943
- Peak year (1942)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
Dwala by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (26 births, 100% of the file).
1940s was Dwala's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Dwala births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 26 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dwala: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1942–1943 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Dwala draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.