Tawny — #15521 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Tawny

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,228 babies named Tawny between 1947 and 2024, spanning 78 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tawny currently holds the #15521 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 217 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tawny performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 1,542 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Tawny shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,257 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Washington and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Tawny in 25 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tawny 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 4,228 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.