Towanda
Last seen for girls in 1993 at #13,442
- Peak · girls
- 1968 · 129 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,140since 1948
Towanda over time
Rank among girls' names. Towanda has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 |
| 1986 | #5,188 | 14 |
| 1985 | #4,282 | 18 |
| 1984 | #3,613 | 22 |
| 1983 | #4,884 | 14 |
| 1982 | #2,645 | 35 |
| 1981 | #2,265 | 44 |
| 1980 | #2,128 | 48 |
| 1979 | #1,645 | 68 |
| 1978 | #1,669 | 63 |
| 1977 | #1,468 | 75 |
| 1976 | #1,307 | 83 |
| 1975 | #1,162 | 99 |
| 1974 | #1,094 | 106 |
| 1973 | #1,012 | 116 |
| 1972 | #1,051 | 110 |
| 1971 | #967 | 131 |
| 1970 | #997 | 125 |
| 1969 | #1,095 | 102 |
| 1968 | #909 | 129 |
| 1967 | #951 | 114 |
| 1966 | #1,201 | 80 |
| 1965 | #1,350 | 66 |
| 1964 | #1,293 | 74 |
| 1963 | #1,464 | 58 |
| 1962 | #1,456 | 58 |
| 1961 | #1,520 | 55 |
| 1960 | #1,982 | 33 |
| 1959 | #1,985 | 32 |
| 1958 | #2,581 | 20 |
| 1957 | #2,823 | 17 |
| 1956 | #2,929 | 16 |
| 1955 | #3,571 | 11 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 |
| 1951 | #3,106 | 12 |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 |
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| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Towanda! It came in at #4,205, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1949–1950, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Towanda is popular in 1976
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maryland#228 · 1 in 1,163
- Virginia#389 · 1 in 2,988
- South Carolina#396 · 1 in 2,415
- Alabama#554 · 1 in 4,301
- Missouri#611 · 1 in 5,899
Best ever in a state: #112 in Maryland, 1974.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Maryland | #228 | 15 | 1 in 1,163 |
| Virginia | #389 | 9 | 1 in 2,988 |
| South Carolina | #396 | 7 | 1 in 2,415 |
| Alabama | #554 | 5 | 1 in 4,301 |
| Missouri | #611 | 5 | 1 in 5,899 |
| Georgia | #710 | 5 | 1 in 6,176 |
| Illinois | #1,195 | 5 | 1 in 13,984 |
| New York | #1,605 | 5 | 1 in 20,060 |
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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 Towanda
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1993
- Biggest jump: 250 spots in 1967 (#1,201 → #951)
- Biggest drop: 186 spots in 1969 (#909 → #1,095)
- Debuted 1948
- Peaked 1968 at #909 (129 births)
- Births halved by 1978, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1967–1968
- Highest: 1 in 12,571 girls born in 1973 were named Towanda (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 361,814 girls born in 1993 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #909 in 1968, was only 1 in 12,716 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 45.6% of all girls named Towanda (976) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1940s | 7 | #4,205 (1948) | #4,205 |
| 1950s | 138 | #1,985 (1959) | #3,461 |
| 1960s | 769 | #909 (1968) | #1,322 |
| 1970s | 976 | #967 (1971) | #1,237 |
| 1980s | 221 | #2,128 (1980) | #4,917 |
| 1990s | 29 | #6,867 (1990) | #10,974 |
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.
Towanda in 1976
Top girls' names in 1976
More about 1976
girls
1,465,099 girls got a published name in 1976; 1 in 17,652 of them was named Towanda, which outranked 88.0% of the 10,913 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,297Malisa84
- #1,297Nickie84
- #1,297Shay84
- #1,307Towanda83
- #1,307Althea83
- #1,307Annalisa83
- #1,307Carmelita83
- #1,316Carmella82
- #1,316Detra82
- #1,316Dolly82
Tied with 8 names at #1,307; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.