Twala

Peak · girls
1971 · 12 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
109
since 1960

Twala over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Twala has never cracked the top 4,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #4,534, 1971girls
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1978#9,7505
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First appearance
1960

The first year at least five girls were named Twala! It came in at #6,390, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1962–1963, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Twala is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Twala 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 1978
Rise & fade · girls
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1960
  • Peaked 1971 at #4,534 (12 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 121,488
  • Highest: 1 in 121,488 girls born in 1975 were named Twala (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 306,372 girls born in 1978 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #4,534 in 1971, was only 1 in 138,652 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 61.5% of all girls named Twala (67) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s42#4,625 (1967)#5,627
1970s67#4,534 (1971)#7,282

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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