Unisex name · since 1970
Tawan
349 babies named Tawan in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,771 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 349
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tawan sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 349 recorded since 1970.
Tawan has 349 recorded births among boys since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2019.
- #9,771 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 349 born since 1970
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tawan ranks #9,771 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 349 born since 1970, peaking in the 1970s.
- #9,771 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 349
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tawan's 349 recorded births place it above 78.51% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tawan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tawan splits its recorded history at 1992: 43% of all births land in the more recent half, 57% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1970 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1973 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tawan popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2019
- Peak year (1973)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Tawan popularity over time - girls
60 total births recorded since 1971 (Tawan as girls' name)
Tawan by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (106 births, 30% of the file).
1970s was Tawan's strongest decade.
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Tawan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
106 births
- 1980s
1980s
79 births
- 1990s
1990s
70 births
- 2000s
2000s
59 births
- 2010s 35
2010s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 106 births (30% of all-time use).
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- Tawan's decade-level peak was the 1970s (106 total births); usage has since declined to 35 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tawan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1973)
Similar record span (~49 yrs)
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, 1970–2019 (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 Tawan 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.