Girls' name · since 1960
Twala
Twala has 109 recorded births since 1960 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1971 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,212 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 109
- born since 1960
- 1970s
- peak decade
Twala is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 109 have been recorded since 1960.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Twala has been recorded 109 times among girls since 1960, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 1978.
- #26,212 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 109 born since 1960
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Twala ranks #26,212 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 109 born since 1960, peaking in the 1970s.
- #26,212 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 109
- born since 1960
- 1970s
- peak decade
Twala's 109 recorded births place it above 63.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Twala's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Twala splits its recorded history at 1971: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1960 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1971 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Twala popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–1978
- Peak year (1971)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Twala by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (67 births, 61% of the file).
1970s was Twala's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Twala births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
42 births
- 1970s
1970s
67 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 67 births (61% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Twala: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1971)
Similar record span (~18 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, 1960–1978 (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 Twala 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.