Tawonda — girls' name
82 babies named Tawonda in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
72% of everyone ever named Tawonda was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Tawonda in 1976 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tawonda
The Social Security Administration has registered 82 babies named Tawonda between 1970 and 1985, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tawonda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1985. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tawonda performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 59 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Tawonda shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tawonda 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 82 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.
Tawonda at a glance
Last recorded 1985Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tawonda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–1970
- Peak year (1976)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1985.
82 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1976 with 12 births in a single year.
Tawonda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 59 births that decade — 72% of Tawonda's all-time total
Tawonda decade highlights
- Peak decade 59 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Tawonda's strongest decade
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 72% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1970–1985 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.