Tawana
Last seen for girls in 2011 at #16,764
- Peak · girls
- 1974 · 365 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,545since 1934
Tawana over time
Rank among girls' names. Tawana has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 |
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| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 |
| 1996 | #3,723 | 29 |
| 1995 | #4,677 | 21 |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 |
| 1993 | #3,422 | 32 |
| 1992 | #3,218 | 35 |
| 1991 | #3,207 | 34 |
| 1990 | #1,862 | 76 |
| 1989 | #1,574 | 89 |
| 1988 | #1,345 | 106 |
| 1987 | #1,609 | 77 |
| 1986 | #1,304 | 102 |
| 1985 | #1,339 | 98 |
| 1984 | #1,098 | 126 |
| 1983 | #1,084 | 127 |
| 1982 | #846 | 184 |
| 1981 | #805 | 199 |
| 1980 | #733 | 227 |
| 1979 | #647 | 269 |
| 1978 | #616 | 274 |
| 1977 | #574 | 303 |
| 1976 | #500 | 357 |
| 1975 | #513 | 346 |
| 1974 | #484 | 365 |
| 1973 | #516 | 328 |
| 1972 | #520 | 328 |
| 1971 | #574 | 306 |
| 1970 | #684 | 231 |
| 1969 | #691 | 208 |
| 1968 | #727 | 182 |
| 1967 | #862 | 138 |
| 1966 | #885 | 129 |
| 1965 | #939 | 118 |
| 1964 | #997 | 115 |
| 1963 | #1,099 | 98 |
| 1962 | #1,090 | 99 |
| 1961 | #1,279 | 75 |
| 1960 | #1,181 | 85 |
| 1959 | #1,281 | 70 |
| 1958 | #1,322 | 64 |
| 1957 | #1,407 | 56 |
| 1956 | #1,413 | 55 |
| 1955 | #1,463 | 48 |
| 1954 | #1,648 | 38 |
| 1953 | #1,707 | 34 |
| 1952 | #1,934 | 27 |
| 1951 | #1,842 | 28 |
| 1950 | #2,341 | 18 |
| 1949 | #2,212 | 20 |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 |
| 1946 | #2,880 | 12 |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 |
| 1944 | #2,511 | 13 |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 |
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| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 |
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| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 |
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| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Tawana! It came in at #3,159, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1935–1943, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Tawana is popular in 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#280 · 1 in 1,631
- Alabama#354 · 1 in 2,274
- Indiana#426 · 1 in 3,490
- North Carolina#474 · 1 in 3,682
- Tennessee#477 · 1 in 3,984
Best ever in a state: #157 in District of Columbia, 1960.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #280 | 11 | 1 in 1,631 |
| Alabama | #354 | 10 | 1 in 2,274 |
| Indiana | #426 | 10 | 1 in 3,490 |
| North Carolina | #474 | 9 | 1 in 3,682 |
| Tennessee | #477 | 7 | 1 in 3,984 |
| Georgia | #479 | 10 | 1 in 3,482 |
| Mississippi | #486 | 5 | 1 in 3,168 |
| Michigan | #496 | 13 | 1 in 4,512 |
| New York | #500 | 28 | 1 in 3,619 |
| Illinois | #558 | 17 | 1 in 4,421 |
| Louisiana | #592 | 7 | 1 in 4,375 |
| Florida | #618 | 11 | 1 in 4,917 |
| Ohio | #663 | 10 | 1 in 7,225 |
| Texas | #1,015 | 12 | 1 in 10,311 |
| California | #1,709 | 8 | 1 in 22,661 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Tawana
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2011
- Biggest jump: 135 spots in 1968 (#862 → #727)
- Biggest drop: 238 spots in 1983 (#846 → #1,084)
- Debuted 1934
- Peaked 1974 at #484 (365 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 1964–1982
- Highest: 1 in 4,021 girls born in 1974 were named Tawana (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 351,813 girls born in 2011 (0.00%)
- 47.5% of all girls named Tawana (3,107) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 13 | #3,159 (1934) | #3,751 |
| 1940s | 86 | #2,212 (1949) | #3,528 |
| 1950s | 438 | #1,281 (1959) | #1,636 |
| 1960s | 1,247 | #691 (1969) | #975 |
| 1970s | 3,107 | #484 (1974) | #563 |
| 1980s | 1,335 | #733 (1980) | #1,174 |
| 1990s | 276 | #1,862 (1990) | #5,024 |
| 2000s | 38 | #7,580 (2000) | #15,063 |
| 2010s | 5 | #16,764 (2011) | #16,764 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Tawana in 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 8,382 of them was named Tawana, which outranked 93.4% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).