Tawnya
Last seen for girls in 2004 at #14,179
- Peak · girls
- 1972 · 289 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,943since 1950
Tawnya over time
Rank among girls' names. Tawnya has never cracked the top 500 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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| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 |
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| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 |
| 1994 | #5,016 | 19 |
| 1993 | #3,987 | 26 |
| 1992 | #3,036 | 38 |
| 1991 | #2,843 | 41 |
| 1990 | #2,258 | 56 |
| 1989 | #2,027 | 62 |
| 1988 | #1,614 | 80 |
| 1987 | #1,553 | 81 |
| 1986 | #1,638 | 72 |
| 1985 | #1,401 | 91 |
| 1984 | #1,232 | 105 |
| 1983 | #1,328 | 90 |
| 1982 | #1,164 | 119 |
| 1981 | #991 | 147 |
| 1980 | #1,043 | 137 |
| 1979 | #970 | 148 |
| 1978 | #846 | 175 |
| 1977 | #846 | 175 |
| 1976 | #669 | 229 |
| 1975 | #610 | 260 |
| 1974 | #577 | 275 |
| 1973 | #573 | 281 |
| 1972 | #569 | 289 |
| 1971 | #645 | 254 |
| 1970 | #654 | 249 |
| 1969 | #701 | 201 |
| 1968 | #708 | 189 |
| 1967 | #862 | 138 |
| 1966 | #1,031 | 101 |
| 1965 | #1,048 | 100 |
| 1964 | #1,141 | 93 |
| 1963 | #1,087 | 99 |
| 1962 | #1,292 | 73 |
| 1961 | #1,176 | 88 |
| 1960 | #1,253 | 76 |
| 1959 | #1,516 | 51 |
| 1958 | #1,939 | 32 |
| 1957 | #1,928 | 32 |
| 1956 | #2,453 | 21 |
| 1955 | #2,472 | 20 |
| 1954 | #2,519 | 19 |
| 1953 | #2,516 | 18 |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Tawnya! It came in at #5,301, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2002–2003, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Tawnya is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Idaho#200 · 1 in 955
- Iowa#340 · 1 in 2,655
- Washington#390 · 1 in 2,549
- Utah#395 · 1 in 2,528
- Oregon#454 · 1 in 3,089
Best ever in a state: #105 in Montana, 1975.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Idaho | #200 | 7 | 1 in 955 |
| Iowa | #340 | 7 | 1 in 2,655 |
| Washington | #390 | 9 | 1 in 2,549 |
| Utah | #395 | 6 | 1 in 2,528 |
| Oregon | #454 | 5 | 1 in 3,089 |
| Colorado | #492 | 5 | 1 in 3,459 |
| Pennsylvania | #525 | 13 | 1 in 5,077 |
| California | #662 | 30 | 1 in 5,111 |
| Ohio | #803 | 7 | 1 in 9,851 |
| Florida | #949 | 5 | 1 in 8,805 |
| Texas | #1,106 | 9 | 1 in 11,488 |
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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 Tawnya
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2004
- Biggest jump: 169 spots in 1967 (#1,031 → #862)
- Biggest drop: 177 spots in 1977 (#669 → #846)
- Debuted 1950
- Peaked 1972 at #569 (289 births)
- Births halved by 1980, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 1967–1979
- Highest: 1 in 5,189 girls born in 1973 were named Tawnya (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 306,042 girls born in 2004 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #569 in 1972, was only 1 in 5,264 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 47.2% of all girls named Tawnya (2,335) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1950s | 219 | #1,516 (1959) | #2,748 |
| 1960s | 1,158 | #701 (1969) | #1,030 |
| 1970s | 2,335 | #569 (1972) | #696 |
| 1980s | 984 | #991 (1981) | #1,399 |
| 1990s | 227 | #2,258 (1990) | #6,321 |
| 2000s | 20 | #11,801 (2000) | #12,679 |
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.
Tawnya in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 8,753 of them was named Tawnya, which outranked 92.6% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).