Twyla
Twyla was given to 56 girls in 2025, #2,995 among girls’ names; 7,192 Americans have been recorded with it since 1905 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 5,120 Americans named Twyla and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (71% of everyone recorded); the median is 58 years old and half are between 42 and 69.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Twyla by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Twyla mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Twyla is “a female given name of modern usage.”
A 20th-century American coinage, derived from twilight.
/ˈtwaɪlə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Twyla?
#2,995 among girls’ names, 2025
Twyla rose from #5,441 in 2015 to #2,995 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 14.0 to 34.8 per million.
194 babies in 1964, the peak
Twyla peaked in 1964, when 194 girls were given it, #750 among girls’ names. The 56 births of 2025 are 29% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | #2,995 | 0.03 |
| 2024 | 40 | #3,813 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 58 | #2,934 | 0.04 |
| 2022 | 60 | #2,855 | 0.04 |
| 2021 | 58 | #2,926 | 0.04 |
| 2020 | 30 | #4,534 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 31 | #4,535 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,985 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 33 | #4,371 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 27 | #5,121 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (121)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 25 | #5,441 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 33 | #4,443 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,443 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 25 | #5,541 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 28 | #5,052 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 33 | #4,487 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 34 | #4,471 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,720 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,375 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 13 | #9,242 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 30 | #4,568 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 26 | #5,050 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 31 | #4,298 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,432 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,799 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,964 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,199 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 21 | #5,110 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,214 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 27 | #4,045 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 15 | #6,239 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 26 | #4,104 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 30 | #3,672 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 32 | #3,495 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 25 | #4,200 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 32 | #3,429 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 39 | #2,870 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 40 | #2,691 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 50 | #2,194 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 52 | #2,075 | 0.03 |
| 1985 | 38 | #2,596 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 65 | #1,700 | 0.04 |
| 1983 | 62 | #1,750 | 0.04 |
| 1982 | 55 | #1,949 | 0.03 |
| 1981 | 60 | #1,846 | 0.04 |
| 1980 | 71 | #1,643 | 0.04 |
| 1979 | 96 | #1,312 | 0.06 |
| 1978 | 83 | #1,410 | 0.05 |
| 1977 | 96 | #1,256 | 0.06 |
| 1976 | 89 | #1,262 | 0.06 |
| 1975 | 78 | #1,374 | 0.05 |
| 1974 | 78 | #1,350 | 0.05 |
| 1973 | 73 | #1,373 | 0.05 |
| 1972 | 92 | #1,180 | 0.06 |
| 1971 | 106 | #1,117 | 0.06 |
| 1970 | 115 | #1,068 | 0.07 |
| 1969 | 113 | #1,031 | 0.07 |
| 1968 | 105 | #1,016 | 0.06 |
| 1967 | 101 | #1,026 | 0.06 |
| 1966 | 99 | #1,056 | 0.06 |
| 1965 | 120 | #932 | 0.07 |
| 1964 | 194 | #750 | 0.10 |
| 1963 | 137 | #897 | 0.07 |
| 1962 | 142 | #889 | 0.07 |
| 1961 | 155 | #857 | 0.08 |
| 1960 | 167 | #800 | 0.08 |
| 1959 | 142 | #863 | 0.07 |
| 1958 | 140 | #863 | 0.07 |
| 1957 | 152 | #825 | 0.07 |
| 1956 | 147 | #820 | 0.07 |
| 1955 | 121 | #888 | 0.06 |
| 1954 | 118 | #886 | 0.06 |
| 1953 | 100 | #946 | 0.05 |
| 1952 | 116 | #855 | 0.06 |
| 1951 | 103 | #899 | 0.06 |
| 1950 | 105 | #867 | 0.06 |
| 1949 | 93 | #925 | 0.05 |
| 1948 | 73 | #1,039 | 0.04 |
| 1947 | 93 | #924 | 0.05 |
| 1946 | 72 | #994 | 0.05 |
| 1945 | 60 | #1,002 | 0.05 |
| 1944 | 64 | #981 | 0.05 |
| 1943 | 62 | #1,019 | 0.04 |
| 1942 | 50 | #1,125 | 0.04 |
| 1941 | 69 | #885 | 0.06 |
| 1940 | 57 | #955 | 0.05 |
| 1939 | 75 | #796 | 0.07 |
| 1938 | 67 | #865 | 0.06 |
| 1937 | 64 | #868 | 0.06 |
| 1936 | 66 | #837 | 0.06 |
| 1935 | 59 | #903 | 0.06 |
| 1934 | 59 | #893 | 0.06 |
| 1933 | 68 | #813 | 0.07 |
| 1932 | 61 | #904 | 0.06 |
| 1931 | 64 | #867 | 0.06 |
| 1930 | 73 | #837 | 0.06 |
| 1929 | 61 | #920 | 0.05 |
| 1928 | 50 | #1,068 | 0.04 |
| 1927 | 62 | #975 | 0.05 |
| 1926 | 47 | #1,114 | 0.04 |
| 1925 | 65 | #929 | 0.05 |
| 1924 | 54 | #1,068 | 0.04 |
| 1923 | 53 | #1,052 | 0.04 |
| 1922 | 45 | #1,158 | 0.04 |
| 1921 | 42 | #1,204 | 0.03 |
| 1920 | 42 | #1,189 | 0.04 |
| 1919 | 39 | #1,212 | 0.03 |
| 1918 | 38 | #1,232 | 0.03 |
| 1917 | 23 | #1,647 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 33 | #1,274 | 0.03 |
| 1915 | 28 | #1,364 | 0.03 |
| 1914 | 17 | #1,657 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,792 | 0.01 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,534 | 0.03 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,833 | 0.01 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,917 | 0.02 |
| 1909 | 6 | #2,197 | 0.02 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,846 | 0.02 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,630 | 0.03 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,932 | 0.02 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,908 | 0.02 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Twyla a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Twyla has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 121 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Twyla: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Twyla, and how old are they?
5,120 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 71% of the 7,192 Americans ever recorded as Twyla. The median Twyla alive today is 58 years old; half are between 42 and 69.
The 2020 Census counted 4,896 people named Twyla (4,892 women and girls, 4 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 5,247 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 334 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,880 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,400 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 628 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 379 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 489 |
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).
Where are babies named Twyla born?
The states with the most babies named Twyla are Texas, Iowa and California, with 34% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Iowa is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 357 | #3,262 | 0.7× |
| Iowa | 354 | not ranked | 3.0× |
| California | 279 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Missouri | 260 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Oklahoma | 251 | #823 | 2.3× |
| Ohio | 179 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Minnesota | 174 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 157 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Kansas | 121 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Indiana | 89 | not ranked | 0.5× |
Where Twyla is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Twyla is most over-represented in Iowa: since 1910 it was given 3.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Twyla with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 7 names spelled alike, given to 20,910 babies since 1880, Twyla is the second most given (34% of them). In 2025 it was given to 56 of their 100 babies (56%), the most given that year.
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 Twyla
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 Twyla and names like it
- Compare Twyla and TwilaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sTwyla peaked in 1964.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Twyla since 1910.
- The top names of 1964The year the most babies were named Twyla.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Twyla alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with TMost given first.