Girls' name · since 1963
Twania
Since 1963, U.S. Social Security records show 63 babies named Twania, peaking in 1979. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #32,398 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 63
- born since 1963
- 1970s
- peak decade
Twania sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 63 recorded since 1963.
Twania has 63 recorded births among girls since 1963, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1963 to 1979.
- #32,398 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 63 born since 1963
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Twania ranks #32,398 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 63 born since 1963, peaking in the 1970s.
- #32,398 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 63
- born since 1963
- 1970s
- peak decade
Twania's 63 recorded births place it above 55.19% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Twania's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Twania's SSA record in two at 1972 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1964, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1979 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Twania popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–1979
- Peak year (1979)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Twania by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (46 births, 73% of the file).
1970s was Twania's strongest decade.
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 73% of all-time use.
Twania births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 17
1960s
17 births
- 1970s
1970s
46 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 46 births (73% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Twania: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~16 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, 1963–1979 (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 Twania 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.