Twyla
#2,957 for girls in 2025, 56 births
- Peak · girls
- 1964 · 194 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,192since 1905
Twyla over time
Rank among girls' names. Twyla has never cracked the top 700 here.
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 | #2,957 | 56 |
| 2024 | #3,758 | 40 |
| 2023 | #2,891 | 58 |
| 2022 | #2,821 | 60 |
| 2021 | #2,892 | 58 |
| 2020 | #4,453 | 30 |
| 2019 | #4,437 | 31 |
| 2018 | #5,785 | 21 |
| 2017 | #4,304 | 33 |
| 2016 | #4,990 | 27 |
| 2015 | #5,288 | 25 |
| 2014 | #4,350 | 33 |
| 2013 | #6,255 | 20 |
| 2012 | #5,398 | 25 |
| 2011 | #4,915 | 28 |
| 2010 | #4,397 | 33 |
| 2009 | #4,370 | 34 |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 |
| 2007 | #7,092 | 18 |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 |
| 2005 | #4,487 | 30 |
| 2004 | #4,949 | 26 |
| 2003 | #4,220 | 31 |
| 2002 | #5,254 | 22 |
| 2001 | #5,570 | 20 |
| 2000 | #4,791 | 24 |
| 1999 | #5,039 | 21 |
| 1998 | #4,955 | 21 |
| 1997 | #5,010 | 20 |
| 1996 | #3,942 | 27 |
| 1995 | #5,958 | 15 |
| 1994 | #4,016 | 26 |
| 1993 | #3,585 | 30 |
| 1992 | #3,419 | 32 |
| 1991 | #4,059 | 25 |
| 1990 | #3,364 | 32 |
| 1989 | #2,810 | 39 |
| 1988 | #2,646 | 40 |
| 1987 | #2,156 | 50 |
| 1986 | #2,052 | 52 |
| 1985 | #2,545 | 38 |
| 1984 | #1,684 | 65 |
| 1983 | #1,733 | 62 |
| 1982 | #1,922 | 55 |
| 1981 | #1,830 | 60 |
| 1980 | #1,624 | 71 |
| 1979 | #1,301 | 96 |
| 1978 | #1,397 | 83 |
| 1977 | #1,247 | 96 |
| 1976 | #1,252 | 89 |
| 1975 | #1,365 | 78 |
| 1974 | #1,345 | 78 |
| 1973 | #1,361 | 73 |
| 1972 | #1,169 | 92 |
| 1971 | #1,113 | 106 |
| 1970 | #1,060 | 115 |
| 1969 | #1,024 | 113 |
| 1968 | #1,013 | 105 |
| 1967 | #1,025 | 101 |
| 1966 | #1,050 | 99 |
| 1965 | #922 | 120 |
| 1964 | #748 | 194 |
| 1963 | #894 | 137 |
| 1962 | #885 | 142 |
| 1961 | #848 | 155 |
| 1960 | #796 | 167 |
| 1959 | #860 | 142 |
| 1958 | #861 | 140 |
| 1957 | #821 | 152 |
| 1956 | #817 | 147 |
| 1955 | #883 | 121 |
| 1954 | #884 | 118 |
| 1953 | #944 | 100 |
| 1952 | #854 | 116 |
| 1951 | #891 | 103 |
| 1950 | #866 | 105 |
| 1949 | #918 | 93 |
| 1948 | #1,031 | 73 |
| 1947 | #920 | 93 |
| 1946 | #985 | 72 |
| 1945 | #994 | 60 |
| 1944 | #971 | 64 |
| 1943 | #1,006 | 62 |
| 1942 | #1,116 | 50 |
| 1941 | #876 | 69 |
| 1940 | #953 | 57 |
| 1939 | #790 | 75 |
| 1938 | #861 | 67 |
| 1937 | #862 | 64 |
| 1936 | #827 | 66 |
| 1935 | #896 | 59 |
| 1934 | #888 | 59 |
| 1933 | #808 | 68 |
| 1932 | #899 | 61 |
| 1931 | #862 | 64 |
| 1930 | #831 | 73 |
| 1929 | #915 | 61 |
| 1928 | #1,061 | 50 |
| 1927 | #963 | 62 |
| 1926 | #1,096 | 47 |
| 1925 | #923 | 65 |
| 1924 | #1,058 | 54 |
| 1923 | #1,037 | 53 |
| 1922 | #1,144 | 45 |
| 1921 | #1,184 | 42 |
| 1920 | #1,171 | 42 |
| 1919 | #1,194 | 39 |
| 1918 | #1,214 | 38 |
| 1917 | #1,605 | 23 |
| 1916 | #1,246 | 33 |
| 1915 | #1,339 | 28 |
| 1914 | #1,603 | 17 |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 |
| 1912 | #1,477 | 14 |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 |
| 1907 | #1,512 | 8 |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Twyla! It came in at #1,696, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1911, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Twyla is popular in 1974
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oklahoma#355 · 1 in 1,980
- Mississippi#446 · 1 in 2,678
- Missouri#618 · 1 in 5,934
- Louisiana#660 · 1 in 4,966
- Georgia#718 · 1 in 6,600
Best ever in a state: #169 in Iowa, 1933.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Oklahoma | #355 | 8 | 1 in 1,980 |
| Mississippi | #446 | 6 | 1 in 2,678 |
| Missouri | #618 | 5 | 1 in 5,934 |
| Louisiana | #660 | 5 | 1 in 4,966 |
| Georgia | #718 | 5 | 1 in 6,600 |
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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 Twyla
- 801 spots since 2024 (#3,758 → #2,957)
- 1,496 spots since 2020 (#4,453 → #2,957)
- 2,331 spots since 2015 (#5,288 → #2,957)
- Biggest jump: 146 spots in 1929 (#1,061 → #915)
- Biggest drop: 240 spots in 1942 (#876 → #1,116)
- Debuted 1905
- Peaked 1964 at #748 (194 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 1949–1965
- Highest: 1 in 9,767 girls born in 1964 were named Twyla (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 28,701 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 18.5% of all girls named Twyla (1,333) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 33 | #1,512 (1907) | #1,714 |
| 1910s | 212 | #1,194 (1919) | #1,645 |
| 1920s | 521 | #915 (1929) | #1,055 |
| 1930s | 656 | #790 (1939) | #852 |
| 1940s | 693 | #876 (1941) | #977 |
| 1950s | 1,244 | #817 (1956) | #868 |
| 1960s | 1,333 | #748 (1964) | #921 |
| 1970s | 906 | #1,060 (1970) | #1,261 |
| 1980s | 532 | #1,624 (1980) | #2,100 |
| 1990s | 249 | #3,364 (1990) | #4,335 |
| 2000s | 235 | #4,220 (2003) | #5,686 |
| 2010s | 276 | #4,304 (2017) | #5,012 |
| 2020s | 302 | #2,821 (2022) | #3,295 |
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.
Twyla in 1974
Top girls' names in 1974
More about 1974
girls
1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 18,815 of them was named Twyla, which outranked 86.9% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,334Shayla79
- #1,334Tesha79
- #1,334Tiffaney79
- #1,345Twyla78
- #1,345Davida78
- #1,345Eboni78
- #1,345Fannie78
- #1,351Annetta77
- #1,351Bethann77
- #1,351Billi77
Tied with 5 names at #1,345; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.