Girls' name · since 1956
Twilia
Since 1956, U.S. Social Security records show 71 babies named Twilia, peaking in 1958. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #31,037 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 71
- born since 1956
- 1960s
- peak decade
Twilia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 71 recorded since 1956.
Twilia has 71 recorded births among girls since 1956, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1956 to 1977.
- #31,037 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 71 born since 1956
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Twilia ranks #31,037 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 71 born since 1956, peaking in the 1960s.
- #31,037 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 71
- born since 1956
- 1960s
- peak decade
Twilia's 71 recorded births place it above 57.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Twilia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Twilia splits its recorded history at 1961: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1956 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1958 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Twilia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–1977
- Peak year (1958)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Twilia by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (30 births, 42% of the file).
1960s was Twilia's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Twilia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
27 births
- 1960s
1960s
30 births
- 1970s
1970s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 30 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Twilia's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (30 total births) through the 1970s (14) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Twilia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1958)
Similar record span (~21 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, 1956–1977 (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 Twilia 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.