Tawnya — girls' name

What the Data Says About Tawnya

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,943 babies named Tawnya between 1950 and 2004, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tawnya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 289 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tawnya performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 2,335 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Tawnya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 811 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Tawnya in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tawnya 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 4,943 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.