Girls' name · since 1910
Twylah
Twylah has 134 recorded births since 1910 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1931 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,001 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 134
- born since 1910
- 1930s
- peak decade
Twylah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 134 recorded since 1910.
Social Security Administration records show Twylah recorded 134 times among girls since 1910, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1930s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1910 to 1963.
- #24,001 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 134 born since 1910
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Twylah ranks #24,001 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 134 born since 1910, peaking in the 1930s.
- #24,001 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 134
- born since 1910
- 1930s
- peak decade
Twylah's 134 recorded births place it above 66.8% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Twylah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Twylah splits its recorded history at 1934: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1913 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1931 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Twylah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1910–1963
- Peak year (1931)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Twylah by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (50 births, 37% of the file).
1930s was Twylah's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Twylah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
20 births
- 1920s 16
1920s
16 births
- 1930s
1930s
50 births
- 1940s
1940s
31 births
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 50 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Twylah's decade-level peak was the 1930s (50 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Twylah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1931)
Similar record span (~53 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, 1910–1963 (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 Twylah 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.