Girls' name · since 1941
Twylia
Since 1941, U.S. Social Security records show 94 babies named Twylia, peaking in 1962. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #27,846 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 94
- born since 1941
- 1960s
- peak decade
Twylia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 94 have been recorded since 1941.
Twylia has 94 recorded births among girls since 1941, 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 1941 to 1977.
- #27,846 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 94 born since 1941
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Twylia ranks #27,846 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 94 born since 1941, peaking in the 1960s.
- #27,846 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 94
- born since 1941
- 1960s
- peak decade
Twylia's 94 recorded births place it above 61.49% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Twylia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Twylia's full recorded timeline at 1959, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1947, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1962 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Twylia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1941–1977
- Peak year (1962)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Twylia by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (43 births, 46% of the file).
1960s was Twylia's strongest decade.
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Twylia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 17
1940s
17 births
- 1950s
1950s
29 births
- 1960s
1960s
43 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 43 births (46% of all-time use).
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What to do with Twylia's data
- Twylia's decade-level peak was the 1960s (43 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1970s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Twylia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1962)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1941–1977 (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 Twylia 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.