Twanda
Twanda was last recorded in 1995, when 6 babies were given it; 1,362 Americans have been recorded with it between 1924 and 1995 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,230 Americans named Twanda and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (91% of everyone recorded); the median is 55 years old and half are between 49 and 61.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Twanda by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Twanda?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #13,300, in 1995; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
77 babies in 1970, the peak
Twanda peaked in 1970, when 77 girls were given it, #1,368 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 6 | #13,300 | 3.4 |
| 1992 | 5 | #15,483 | 2.7 |
| 1991 | 8 | #10,215 | 4.3 |
| 1990 | 6 | #12,873 | 3.2 |
| 1989 | 6 | #12,288 | 3.3 |
| 1988 | 5 | #13,785 | 2.8 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,907 | 7.5 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,717 | 5.2 |
| 1985 | 17 | #4,626 | 9.9 |
| 1984 | 22 | #3,716 | 13.1 |
Every recorded year (46)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 18 | #4,275 | 10.8 |
| 1982 | 22 | #3,770 | 13.0 |
| 1981 | 27 | #3,244 | 16.2 |
| 1980 | 30 | #2,998 | 18.1 |
| 1979 | 37 | #2,522 | 23.0 |
| 1978 | 40 | #2,304 | 26.1 |
| 1977 | 59 | #1,758 | 38.5 |
| 1976 | 45 | #1,995 | 30.7 |
| 1975 | 56 | #1,712 | 38.4 |
| 1974 | 64 | #1,531 | 43.6 |
| 1973 | 54 | #1,688 | 37.0 |
| 1972 | 66 | #1,470 | 43.4 |
| 1971 | 68 | #1,499 | 40.9 |
| 1970 | 77 | #1,368 | 44.0 |
| 1969 | 66 | #1,452 | 39.1 |
| 1968 | 44 | #1,811 | 26.8 |
| 1967 | 58 | #1,477 | 35.1 |
| 1966 | 54 | #1,531 | 31.9 |
| 1965 | 60 | #1,435 | 34.0 |
| 1964 | 46 | #1,730 | 24.3 |
| 1963 | 55 | #1,519 | 28.5 |
| 1962 | 36 | #1,944 | 18.3 |
| 1961 | 32 | #2,113 | 15.9 |
| 1960 | 27 | #2,299 | 13.4 |
| 1959 | 22 | #2,515 | 10.9 |
| 1958 | 21 | #2,573 | 10.4 |
| 1957 | 21 | #2,553 | 10.3 |
| 1956 | 5 | #6,831 | 2.5 |
| 1955 | 5 | #6,661 | 2.6 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,623 | 4.1 |
| 1953 | 5 | #6,447 | 2.7 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,781 | 5.4 |
| 1951 | 5 | #6,157 | 2.8 |
| 1950 | 11 | #3,407 | 6.4 |
| 1948 | 6 | #5,199 | 3.5 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,821 | 4.0 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Twanda a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Twanda has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 46 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Twanda: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Twanda, and how old are they?
1,230 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 91% of the 1,362 Americans ever recorded as Twanda. The median Twanda alive today is 55 years old; half are between 49 and 61.
The 2020 Census counted 943 people named Twanda (938 women and girls, 5 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,270 born in the U.S. The Census count is 26% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 263 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 813 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 159 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 5,502 babies since 1880, Twanda is the second most given (25% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Twanda
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Twanda and names like it
- Compare Twanda and TawandaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sTwanda peaked in 1970.
- Florida’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Twanda since 1910.
- The top names of 1970The year the most babies were named Twanda.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Twanda alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with TMost given first.