Recorded 1914–1959 Boys' name Peak 1925 30 births

Twyman — boys' name

30 babies named Twyman in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s61920s121940s51950s7
1920s
Peak decade

40% of everyone ever named Twyman was born in this single decade.

1925
Single peak year

7 babies were named Twyman in 1925 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Twyman

The Social Security Administration has registered 30 babies named Twyman between 1914 and 1959, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Twyman currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1959. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Twyman performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Twyman shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Twyman 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 30 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.

Twyman at a glance

Last recorded 1959

Total births

30

Since 1914

46 years of records

Peak year

1925

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1959

Active since

1914

Recorded for 46 years

Last year on file: 1959

Twyman popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–1914

Last recorded 1959
Peak year (1925)
7
Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 19591944192519241914 6

Twyman by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
12 births that decade — 40% of Twyman's all-time total
1910s61920s121940s51950s7

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Twyman?
30 babies have been named Twyman since 1914. It was last recorded in 1959. The peak year was 1925 with 7 births.
When was Twyman most popular?
Twyman was most popular in the 1920s decade with 12 total births. The single peak year was 1925.
How long has the name Twyman been used?
Twyman has been recorded in Social Security data since 1914, spanning 46 years of data through 1959.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1914–1959 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.