Tuwanda — girls' name
161 babies named Tuwanda in U.S. Social Security records since 1958, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
53% of everyone ever named Tuwanda was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Tuwanda in 1972 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tuwanda
The Social Security Administration has registered 161 babies named Tuwanda between 1958 and 1981, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tuwanda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tuwanda performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 85 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Tuwanda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tuwanda 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 161 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.
Tuwanda at a glance
Last recorded 1981Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tuwanda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1958
- Peak year (1972)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1981.
161 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1972 with 14 births in a single year.
Tuwanda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 85 births that decade — 53% of Tuwanda's all-time total
Tuwanda decade highlights
- Peak decade 85 births
- Runner-up 64 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Tuwanda's strongest decade
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1958–1981 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.