Girls' name · since 1974
Twanisha
Twanisha has 54 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #34,222 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 54
- born since 1974
- 1990s
- peak decade
Twanisha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 54 recorded since 1974.
Twanisha has 54 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 1994.
- #34,222 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 54 born since 1974
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Twanisha ranks #34,222 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 54 born since 1974, peaking in the 1990s.
- #34,222 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 54
- born since 1974
- 1990s
- peak decade
Twanisha's 54 recorded births place it above 52.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Twanisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Twanisha's full recorded timeline at 1986, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1980, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1990 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Twanisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–1994
- Peak year (1990)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Twanisha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (26 births, 48% of the file).
1990s was Twanisha's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Twanisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
12 births
- 1980s
1980s
16 births
- 1990s
1990s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 26 births (48% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Twanisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~20 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, 1974–1994 (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 Twanisha 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.