Twanna
Twanna was last recorded in 1997, when 7 babies were given it; 1,333 Americans have been recorded with it between 1948 and 1997 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,230 Americans named Twanna and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (92% of everyone recorded); the median is 51 years old and half are between 48 and 59.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Twanna by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Twanna?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #12,004, in 1997; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
132 babies in 1977, the peak
Twanna peaked in 1977, when 132 girls were given it, #1,022 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 7 | #12,004 | 4.0 |
| 1995 | 5 | #15,635 | 2.8 |
| 1991 | 6 | #13,052 | 3.2 |
| 1990 | 7 | #11,345 | 3.7 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,820 | 8.1 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,586 | 8.4 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,908 | 7.5 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,951 | 9.3 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,331 | 8.1 |
| 1984 | 18 | #4,313 | 10.7 |
Every recorded year (43)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 18 | #4,276 | 10.8 |
| 1982 | 32 | #2,897 | 18.9 |
| 1981 | 46 | #2,230 | 27.6 |
| 1980 | 42 | #2,340 | 25.3 |
| 1979 | 42 | #2,303 | 26.2 |
| 1978 | 88 | #1,356 | 57.4 |
| 1977 | 132 | #1,022 | 86.1 |
| 1976 | 91 | #1,243 | 62.1 |
| 1975 | 48 | #1,903 | 32.9 |
| 1974 | 34 | #2,345 | 23.2 |
| 1973 | 34 | #2,304 | 23.3 |
| 1972 | 56 | #1,625 | 36.8 |
| 1971 | 45 | #1,935 | 27.0 |
| 1970 | 55 | #1,705 | 31.5 |
| 1969 | 32 | #2,294 | 19.0 |
| 1968 | 48 | #1,706 | 29.3 |
| 1967 | 41 | #1,847 | 24.8 |
| 1966 | 32 | #2,090 | 18.9 |
| 1965 | 39 | #1,851 | 22.1 |
| 1964 | 44 | #1,778 | 23.2 |
| 1963 | 37 | #1,947 | 19.2 |
| 1962 | 34 | #2,025 | 17.3 |
| 1961 | 21 | #2,747 | 10.4 |
| 1960 | 25 | #2,428 | 12.4 |
| 1959 | 19 | #2,757 | 9.4 |
| 1958 | 12 | #3,735 | 6.0 |
| 1957 | 11 | #3,917 | 5.4 |
| 1956 | 19 | #2,713 | 9.5 |
| 1955 | 11 | #3,766 | 5.6 |
| 1954 | 11 | #3,701 | 5.7 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,458 | 4.3 |
| 1950 | 5 | #6,048 | 2.9 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,980 | 2.9 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Twanna a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Twanna has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 43 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Twanna: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Twanna, and how old are they?
1,230 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 92% of the 1,333 Americans ever recorded as Twanna. The median Twanna alive today is 51 years old; half are between 48 and 59.
The 2020 Census counted 1,003 people named Twanna (999 women and girls, 4 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,256 born in the U.S. The Census count is 20% 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 | 219 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 801 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 198 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 7 |
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 8 names spelled alike, given to 15,152 babies since 1880, Twanna is the fourth most given (8.8% 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 Twanna
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 Twanna and names like it
- Compare Twanna and TawanaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sTwanna peaked in 1977.
- North Carolina’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Twanna since 1910.
- The top names of 1977The year the most babies were named Twanna.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Twanna alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with TMost given first.