Girls' name · since 1965
Tawania
137 babies named Tawania in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,746 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 137
- born since 1965
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tawania is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 137 have been recorded since 1965.
Social Security Administration records show Tawania recorded 137 times among girls since 1965, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1965 to 1983.
- #23,746 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 137 born since 1965
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tawania ranks #23,746 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 137 born since 1965, peaking in the 1970s.
- #23,746 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 137
- born since 1965
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tawania's 137 recorded births place it above 67.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tawania's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tawania's SSA record in two at 1975 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1968, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1974 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tawania popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–1983
- Peak year (1974)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Tawania by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (95 births, 69% of the file).
1970s was Tawania's strongest decade.
95 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Tawania births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 19
1960s
19 births
- 1970s
1970s
95 births
- 1980s 23
1980s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 95 births (69% of all-time use).
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- Tawania's decade-level peak was the 1970s (95 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 1980s -- 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 Tawania: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1974)
Similar record span (~18 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, 1965–1983 (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 Tawania 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.