Towanna — girls' name

What the Data Says About Towanna

The Social Security Administration has registered 708 babies named Towanna between 1951 and 1989, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Towanna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 39 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Towanna performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 274 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Towanna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 35 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by District of Columbia and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Towanna in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Towanna 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 708 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.