Girls' name · since 1951
Towanna
708 babies named Towanna in U.S. Social Security records since 1951, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,454 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 708
- born since 1951
- 1970s
- peak decade
708 girls have been named Towanna since 1951, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Towanna has 708 recorded births among girls since 1951, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1951 to 1989.
- #9,454 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 708 born since 1951
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Towanna ranks #9,454 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 708 born since 1951, peaking in the 1970s.
- #9,454 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 708
- born since 1951
- 1970s
- peak decade
Towanna's 708 recorded births place it above 86.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New Jersey.
Towanna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Towanna splits its recorded history at 1970: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1952 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1972 peak of 39 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Towanna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–1989
- Peak year (1972)
- 39
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Towanna by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (274 births, 39% of the file).
1970s was Towanna's strongest decade.
274 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Towanna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 95
1950s
95 births
- 1960s
1960s
252 births
- 1970s
1970s
274 births
- 1980s 87
1980s
87 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 274 births (39% of all-time use).
How Towanna compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Towanna's total volume
Towanna by state
Where Towanna concentrates geographically, total births since 1951
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 35 | 4.9% |
| #2 | District of Columbia | | 25 | 3.5% |
| #3 | New York | | 20 | 2.8% |
| #4 | Alabama | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Florida | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.7% |
35 of 708 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Towanna's data
- Towanna's decade-level peak was the 1970s (274 total births); usage has since declined to 87 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New Jersey records the most Towannas (35 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New Jersey names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Towanna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1972)
Similar record span (~38 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1951–1989 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Towanna draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.