Towana — girls' name

What the Data Says About Towana

The Social Security Administration has registered 801 babies named Towana between 1940 and 1992, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Towana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 48 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Towana performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 307 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Towana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 84 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Towana in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Towana 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 801 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.