Tawny
- Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293
- Peak · girls
- 1989 · 217 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,228since 1947
Tawny over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Tawny has never cracked the top 800 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #10,113 | 10 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 |
| 2011 | #8,614 | 13 |
| 2010 | #8,701 | 13 |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 |
| 2007 | #5,526 | 25 |
| 2006 | #6,125 | 21 |
| 2005 | #3,876 | 37 |
| 2004 | #5,969 | 20 |
| 2003 | #3,655 | 38 |
| 2002 | #4,498 | 27 |
| 2001 | #4,107 | 30 |
| 2000 | #4,079 | 30 |
| 1999 | #2,424 | 60 |
| 1998 | #2,429 | 57 |
| 1997 | #2,622 | 48 |
| 1996 | #1,980 | 71 |
| 1995 | #1,715 | 85 |
| 1994 | #1,416 | 113 |
| 1993 | #1,194 | 145 |
| 1992 | #1,225 | 142 |
| 1991 | #1,160 | 151 |
| 1990 | #1,008 | 180 |
| 1989 | #859 | 217 |
| 1988 | #916 | 186 |
| 1987 | #1,016 | 152 |
| 1986 | #1,080 | 139 |
| 1985 | #1,051 | 141 |
| 1984 | #957 | 151 |
| 1983 | #993 | 146 |
| 1982 | #919 | 164 |
| 1981 | #1,093 | 127 |
| 1980 | #1,141 | 119 |
| 1979 | #1,144 | 116 |
| 1978 | #1,341 | 89 |
| 1977 | #1,637 | 64 |
| 1976 | #1,535 | 66 |
| 1975 | #2,136 | 40 |
| 1974 | #3,110 | 22 |
| 1973 | #2,405 | 31 |
| 1972 | #1,920 | 43 |
| 1971 | #1,966 | 43 |
| 1970 | #1,570 | 61 |
| 1969 | #1,711 | 50 |
| 1968 | #1,909 | 39 |
| 1967 | #1,751 | 43 |
| 1966 | #1,621 | 48 |
| 1965 | #1,635 | 47 |
| 1964 | #1,836 | 41 |
| 1963 | #1,508 | 55 |
| 1962 | #1,266 | 76 |
| 1961 | #1,354 | 68 |
| 1960 | #1,695 | 44 |
| 1959 | #2,596 | 20 |
| 1958 | #2,117 | 28 |
| 1957 | #2,028 | 29 |
| 1956 | #2,321 | 23 |
| 1955 | #2,280 | 23 |
| 1954 | #3,157 | 13 |
| 1953 | #2,921 | 14 |
| 1952 | #3,201 | 12 |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 |
| 1950 | #2,652 | 15 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 |
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First appearance
1947
The first year at least five girls were named Tawny! It came in at #3,706, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2015, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Tawny is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Tawny in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 174 spots in 1982
- Biggest drop: 149 spots in 1990
Rise & fade · girls
42 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1947
- Peaked 1989 at #859 (217 births)
- Births halved by 1995, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1982–1984
Share of babies · girls
1 in 8,496
- Highest: 1 in 8,496 girls born in 1989 were named Tawny (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 324,038 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
- 36.5% of all girls named Tawny (1,542) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 27 | #3,350 (1948) | #3,649 |
| 1950s | 185 | #2,028 (1957) | #2,728 |
| 1960s | 511 | #1,266 (1962) | #1,629 |
| 1970s | 575 | #1,144 (1979) | #1,876 |
| 1980s | 1,542 | #859 (1989) | #1,003 |
| 1990s | 1,052 | #1,008 (1990) | #1,717 |
| 2000s | 256 | #3,655 (2003) | #5,522 |
| 2010s | 64 | #8,614 (2011) | #11,626 |
| 2020s | 16 | #13,462 (2023) | #14,669 |
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.
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