Twanda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Twanda

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,362 babies named Twanda between 1924 and 1995, spanning 72 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Twanda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 77 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Twanda performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 566 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Twanda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 83 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Twanda in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Twanda 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 1,362 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.