Twan — boys' name
217 babies named Twan in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
48% of everyone ever named Twan was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Twan in 1973 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Twan
The Social Security Administration has registered 217 babies named Twan between 1965 and 2021, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Twan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 15 babies received it in a single year. Twan is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 27 additional births since 1968.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Twan performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 105 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Twan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Twan 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 217 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.
Twan at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Twan popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1965
- Peak year (1973)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 57 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
217 total births across 57 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1973 with 15 births in a single year.
Twan popularity over time — girls
27 total births recorded since 1968 (Twan as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Twan accounts for 11% of total recorded use across both genders.
Twan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 105 births that decade — 48% of Twan's all-time total
Twan decade highlights
- Peak decade 105 births
- Runner-up 49 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Twan's strongest decade
105 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% 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, 1965–2021 (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.