Dwana — girls' name
988 babies named Dwana in U.S. Social Security records since 1943, with the highest year being 1964. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
33% of everyone ever named Dwana was born in this single decade.
82 babies were named Dwana in 1964 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dwana
The Social Security Administration has registered 988 babies named Dwana between 1943 and 2002, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dwana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 82 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dwana performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 330 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Dwana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 42 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Dwana in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dwana in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 988 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Dwana at a glance
Last recorded 2002Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dwana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–1943
- Peak year (1964)
- 82
- Annual births at peak — across 60 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2002.
988 total births across 60 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1964 with 82 births in a single year.
Dwana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 330 births that decade — 33% of Dwana's all-time total
Dwana decade highlights
- Peak decade 330 births
- Runner-up 285 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Dwana's strongest decade
330 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Dwana by state
Where Dwana concentrates geographically — total births since 1943
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 42 | 4.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 35 | 3.5% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 22 | 2.2% |
| #4 | Tennessee | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #5 | New York | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #7 | California | | 5 | 0.5% |
42 of 988 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 4.3% of nationwide
- Texas 3.5% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.2% of nationwide
- Tennessee 1.0% of nationwide
- New York 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 7 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 4.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1943–2002 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.