Twalla — girls' name
47 babies named Twalla in U.S. Social Security records since 1958, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
66% of everyone ever named Twalla was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Twalla in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Twalla
The Social Security Administration has registered 47 babies named Twalla between 1958 and 1975, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Twalla currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1975. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Twalla performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 31 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Twalla shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Twalla in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Twalla 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 47 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.
Twalla at a glance
Last recorded 1975Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Twalla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1958
- Peak year (1971)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1975.
47 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 11 births in a single year.
Twalla by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 31 births that decade — 66% of Twalla's all-time total
Twalla decade highlights
- Peak decade 31 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Twalla's strongest decade
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 66% of all-time use.
Twalla by state
Where Twalla concentrates geographically — total births since 1958
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 5 | 10.6% |
5 of 47 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Florida 10.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 10.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1958–1975 (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.