Boys' name · since 1914
Twyman
Twyman has 30 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1925 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,951 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 30
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Twyman is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 30 have been recorded since 1914.
Twyman has 30 recorded births among boys since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 1959.
- #25,951 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 30 born since 1914
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Twyman ranks #25,951 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 30 born since 1914, peaking in the 1920s.
- #25,951 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 30
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Twyman's 30 recorded births place it above 42.89% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Twyman's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Twyman's full recorded timeline at 1925, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1924, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1925 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Twyman popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1959
- Peak year (1925)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Twyman by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (12 births, 40% of the file).
1920s was Twyman's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Twyman births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
6 births
- 1920s
1920s
12 births
- 1940s
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 12 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Twyman's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (12 total births) through the 1950s (7) -- 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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Related Names
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Two nationwide peer axes for Twyman: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1925)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1914–1959 (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 Twyman 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.