Twilla
Last seen for girls in 1994 at #13,430
- Peak · girls
- 1948 · 36 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,205since 1913
Twilla over time
Rank among girls' names. Twilla has never cracked the top 1,000 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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| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 |
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| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 |
| 1978 | #4,242 | 16 |
| 1977 | #3,911 | 18 |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1973 | #3,787 | 16 |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 |
| 1971 | #2,874 | 24 |
| 1970 | #3,712 | 16 |
| 1969 | #2,768 | 23 |
| 1968 | #2,969 | 19 |
| 1967 | #2,868 | 19 |
| 1966 | #2,937 | 18 |
| 1965 | #2,247 | 28 |
| 1964 | #2,825 | 20 |
| 1963 | #2,211 | 29 |
| 1962 | #1,917 | 36 |
| 1961 | #2,150 | 30 |
| 1960 | #2,097 | 30 |
| 1959 | #1,951 | 33 |
| 1958 | #2,073 | 29 |
| 1957 | #2,486 | 21 |
| 1956 | #2,725 | 18 |
| 1955 | #2,553 | 19 |
| 1954 | #2,378 | 21 |
| 1953 | #2,173 | 23 |
| 1952 | #1,978 | 26 |
| 1951 | #1,968 | 25 |
| 1950 | #2,781 | 14 |
| 1949 | #2,013 | 23 |
| 1948 | #1,548 | 36 |
| 1947 | #1,993 | 24 |
| 1946 | #2,094 | 20 |
| 1945 | #2,149 | 16 |
| 1944 | #1,578 | 27 |
| 1943 | #1,994 | 19 |
| 1942 | #1,804 | 22 |
| 1941 | #2,096 | 16 |
| 1940 | #1,845 | 19 |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 |
| 1937 | #1,735 | 20 |
| 1936 | #2,153 | 14 |
| 1935 | #1,606 | 22 |
| 1934 | #1,603 | 22 |
| 1933 | #2,275 | 13 |
| 1932 | #2,235 | 14 |
| 1931 | #1,549 | 24 |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 |
| 1929 | #1,892 | 19 |
| 1928 | #1,897 | 20 |
| 1927 | #2,859 | 11 |
| 1926 | #2,257 | 16 |
| 1925 | #2,617 | 13 |
| 1924 | #2,809 | 12 |
| 1923 | #2,732 | 12 |
| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 |
| 1921 | #2,378 | 15 |
| 1920 | #2,899 | 11 |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 |
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| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 |
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| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Twilla! It came in at #2,827, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1914–1916, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Twilla is popular in 1944
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oklahoma#424 · 1 in 4,057
Best ever in a state: #169 in Idaho, 1931.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Oklahoma | #424 | 5 | 1 in 4,057 |
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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 Twilla
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1994
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 1948 at #1,548 (36 births)
- Births halved by 1950, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 44,364 girls born in 1931 were named Twilla (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 357,151 girls born in 1994 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,548 in 1948, was only 1 in 47,164 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 20.9% of all girls named Twilla (252) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1910s | 31 | #2,827 (1913) | #3,828 |
| 1920s | 142 | #1,892 (1929) | #2,495 |
| 1930s | 159 | #1,549 (1931) | #2,187 |
| 1940s | 222 | #1,548 (1948) | #1,911 |
| 1950s | 229 | #1,951 (1959) | #2,307 |
| 1960s | 252 | #1,917 (1962) | #2,499 |
| 1970s | 141 | #2,874 (1971) | #4,637 |
| 1980s | 24 | #6,789 (1980) | #7,462 |
| 1990s | 5 | #13,430 (1994) | #13,430 |
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.
Twilla in 1944
Top girls' names in 1944
More about 1944
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1,327,223 girls got a published name in 1944; 1 in 49,156 of them was named Twilla, which outranked 69.9% of the 5,243 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,545Vernita28
- #1,545Wonda28
- #1,545Zula28
- #1,578Twilla27
- #1,578Annalee27
- #1,578Bettylou27
- #1,578Charlesetta27
- #1,609Adella26
- #1,609Aloha26
- #1,609Arlean26
Tied with 30 names at #1,578; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.