Tawanna
Last seen for girls in 2008 at #15,405
- Peak · girls
- 1977 · 232 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,874since 1947
Tawanna over time
Rank among girls' names. Tawanna has never cracked the top 600 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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| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 |
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| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 |
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| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 |
| 1998 | #6,073 | 16 |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 |
| 1994 | #5,445 | 17 |
| 1993 | #4,100 | 25 |
| 1992 | #3,866 | 27 |
| 1991 | #3,540 | 30 |
| 1990 | #2,464 | 49 |
| 1989 | #1,910 | 68 |
| 1988 | #1,587 | 82 |
| 1987 | #1,619 | 76 |
| 1986 | #1,620 | 73 |
| 1985 | #1,297 | 103 |
| 1984 | #1,245 | 103 |
| 1983 | #1,165 | 113 |
| 1982 | #1,083 | 131 |
| 1981 | #1,181 | 112 |
| 1980 | #1,068 | 132 |
| 1979 | #862 | 180 |
| 1978 | #801 | 187 |
| 1977 | #675 | 232 |
| 1976 | #790 | 179 |
| 1975 | #807 | 170 |
| 1974 | #787 | 173 |
| 1973 | #754 | 183 |
| 1972 | #855 | 151 |
| 1971 | #944 | 136 |
| 1970 | #949 | 134 |
| 1969 | #1,153 | 93 |
| 1968 | #1,133 | 89 |
| 1967 | #1,209 | 77 |
| 1966 | #1,251 | 74 |
| 1965 | #1,274 | 71 |
| 1964 | #1,319 | 72 |
| 1963 | #1,489 | 56 |
| 1962 | #1,558 | 52 |
| 1961 | #1,788 | 41 |
| 1960 | #1,747 | 42 |
| 1959 | #1,720 | 41 |
| 1958 | #1,872 | 34 |
| 1957 | #1,904 | 33 |
| 1956 | #2,058 | 28 |
| 1955 | #2,341 | 22 |
| 1954 | #2,240 | 23 |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 |
| 1950 | #3,235 | 11 |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 |
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| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Tawanna! It came in at #5,295, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1947–1948, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Tawanna is popular in 1989
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#510 · 1 in 3,804
- Pennsylvania#1,134 · 1 in 14,366
Best ever in a state: #156 in District of Columbia, 1959.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Georgia | #510 | 11 | 1 in 3,804 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,134 | 5 | 1 in 14,366 |
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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 Tawanna
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
- Biggest jump: 204 spots in 1970 (#1,153 → #949)
- Biggest drop: 206 spots in 1980 (#862 → #1,068)
- Debuted 1947
- Peaked 1977 at #675 (232 births)
- Births halved by 1981, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 1970–1979
- Highest: 1 in 6,608 girls born in 1977 were named Tawanna (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 315,156 girls born in 2008 (0.00%)
- 44.5% of all girls named Tawanna (1,725) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1940s | 12 | #4,235 (1949) | #4,765 |
| 1950s | 214 | #1,720 (1959) | #2,862 |
| 1960s | 667 | #1,133 (1968) | #1,392 |
| 1970s | 1,725 | #675 (1977) | #822 |
| 1980s | 993 | #1,068 (1980) | #1,378 |
| 1990s | 215 | #2,464 (1990) | #5,475 |
| 2000s | 48 | #8,534 (2000) | #13,339 |
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.
Tawanna in 1989
Top girls' names in 1989
More about 1989
girls
1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 27,111 of them was named Tawanna, which outranked 86.9% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,898Sky69
- #1,898Tempest69
- #1,898Zachary69
- #1,910Tawanna68
- #1,910Bianka68
- #1,910Brittiny68
- #1,910Catharine68
- #1,925Dasha67
- #1,925Eloisa67
- #1,925Felica67
Tied with 14 names at #1,910; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.