Towanda
Towanda was last recorded in 1993, when 5 babies were given it; 2,140 Americans have been recorded with it between 1948 and 1993 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,950 Americans named Towanda and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (91% of everyone recorded); the median is 55 years old and half are between 50 and 59.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Towanda by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Towanda?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #15,647, in 1993; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
131 babies in 1971, the peak
Towanda peaked in 1971, when 131 girls were given it, #975 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 5 | #15,647 | 2.8 |
| 1992 | 5 | #15,449 | 2.7 |
| 1991 | 7 | #11,431 | 3.7 |
| 1990 | 12 | #7,276 | 6.3 |
| 1989 | 7 | #10,774 | 3.8 |
| 1988 | 9 | #8,352 | 5.1 |
| 1987 | 10 | #7,316 | 5.8 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,440 | 8.2 |
| 1985 | 18 | #4,443 | 10.5 |
| 1984 | 22 | #3,714 | 13.1 |
Every recorded year (45)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 14 | #5,131 | 8.4 |
| 1982 | 35 | #2,700 | 20.7 |
| 1981 | 44 | #2,302 | 26.4 |
| 1980 | 48 | #2,152 | 28.9 |
| 1979 | 68 | #1,658 | 42.4 |
| 1978 | 63 | #1,689 | 41.1 |
| 1977 | 75 | #1,482 | 48.9 |
| 1976 | 83 | #1,314 | 56.7 |
| 1975 | 99 | #1,174 | 67.9 |
| 1974 | 106 | #1,103 | 72.2 |
| 1973 | 116 | #1,014 | 79.5 |
| 1972 | 110 | #1,055 | 72.3 |
| 1971 | 131 | #975 | 78.7 |
| 1970 | 125 | #1,007 | 71.5 |
| 1969 | 102 | #1,097 | 60.5 |
| 1968 | 129 | #912 | 78.6 |
| 1967 | 114 | #958 | 69.0 |
| 1966 | 80 | #1,208 | 47.3 |
| 1965 | 66 | #1,365 | 37.4 |
| 1964 | 74 | #1,310 | 39.1 |
| 1963 | 58 | #1,476 | 30.1 |
| 1962 | 58 | #1,474 | 29.5 |
| 1961 | 55 | #1,529 | 27.2 |
| 1960 | 33 | #2,010 | 16.3 |
| 1959 | 32 | #2,013 | 15.8 |
| 1958 | 20 | #2,657 | 9.9 |
| 1957 | 17 | #2,920 | 8.3 |
| 1956 | 16 | #3,039 | 8.0 |
| 1955 | 11 | #3,763 | 5.6 |
| 1954 | 9 | #4,246 | 4.6 |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,569 | 4.3 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,455 | 4.3 |
| 1951 | 12 | #3,269 | 6.7 |
| 1950 | 5 | #6,040 | 2.9 |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,615 | 4.1 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Towanda a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Towanda has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 45 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Towanda: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Towanda, and how old are they?
1,950 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 91% of the 2,140 Americans ever recorded as Towanda. The median Towanda alive today is 55 years old; half are between 50 and 59.
The 2020 Census counted 1,521 people named Towanda (1,518 women and girls, 3 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,006 born in the U.S. The Census count is 24% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 354 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,400 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 195 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Towanda born?
The states with the most babies named Towanda are Maryland, Pennsylvania and North Carolina, with 53% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Maryland is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 446 | not ranked | 12.5× |
| Pennsylvania | 107 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| North Carolina | 98 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Virginia | 97 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| New York | 72 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Illinois | 70 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| New Jersey | 59 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| District of Columbia | 56 | not ranked | 3.9× |
| Florida | 51 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| South Carolina | 45 | not ranked | 1.4× |
Where Towanda is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Towanda is most over-represented in Maryland: since 1948 it was given 12.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Towanda with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Towanda
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Towanda and names like it
- Compare Towanda and YulandaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sTowanda peaked in 1971.
- Maryland’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Towanda since 1910.
- The top names of 1971The year the most babies were named Towanda.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Towanda alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with TMost given first.