Tawney — girls' name

What the Data Says About Tawney

The Social Security Administration has registered 575 babies named Tawney between 1948 and 2005, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tawney currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 43 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tawney performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 203 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Tawney shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 65 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tawney in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tawney 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 575 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.