Towanda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Towanda

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,140 babies named Towanda between 1948 and 1993, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Towanda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 131 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Towanda performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 976 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Towanda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Maryland, which accounts for 446 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Towanda in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Towanda 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 2,140 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.