Twila — #3883 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Twila

The Social Security Administration has registered 11,877 babies named Twila between 1890 and 2024, spanning 135 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Twila currently holds the #3883 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 304 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Twila performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 2,026 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Twila shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 1,255 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Kansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Twila in 38 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Twila 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 11,877 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.