Tywan
Last seen for girls in 1976 at #9,284 · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to boys 98.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1978 · 58 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,265since 1970
Tywan over time
Rank among boys' names. Tywan 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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #10,695 | 6 | |
| 2024 | — | #10,938 | 6 | |
| 2023 | — | #9,763 | 7 | |
| 2022 | — | #9,823 | 7 | |
| 2021 | — | #10,799 | 6 | |
| 2020 | — | #12,022 | 5 | |
| 2019 | — | #10,803 | 6 | |
| 2018 | — | #8,819 | 8 | |
| 2017 | — | #10,775 | 6 | |
| 2016 | — | #5,789 | 15 | |
| 2015 | — | #6,676 | 12 | |
| 2014 | — | #7,048 | 11 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,923 | 14 | |
| 2012 | — | #5,035 | 18 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,675 | 15 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,047 | 18 | |
| 2009 | — | #6,095 | 14 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,267 | 23 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,893 | 26 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,602 | 28 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,091 | 33 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,005 | 22 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,626 | 24 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,556 | 38 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,086 | 50 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,222 | 44 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,510 | 35 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,199 | 41 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,261 | 22 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,021 | 24 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,923 | 24 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,685 | 27 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,697 | 26 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,338 | 19 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,406 | 29 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,128 | 34 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,690 | 23 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,705 | 13 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,072 | 16 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,005 | 16 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,171 | 25 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,885 | 29 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,577 | 18 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,999 | 27 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,548 | 39 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,547 | 39 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,421 | 43 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,170 | 58 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,546 | 36 | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #1,267 | 48 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #1,559 | 33 |
| 1974 | — | #2,277 | 18 | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #3,013 | 11 |
| 1972 | — | #2,418 | 15 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,146 | 10 | |
| 1970 | — | #4,724 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Tywan! It came in at #4,724, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1970, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Tywan is popular in 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#536 · 1 in 7,512
Best ever in a state: #474 in Virginia, 1977.
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| North Carolina | #536 | 5 | 1 in 7,512 |
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See more about Tywan
- 243 spots since 2024 (#10,938 → #10,695)
- 1,327 spots since 2020 (#12,022 → #10,695)
- 4,019 spots since 2015 (#6,676 → #10,695)
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 1978 at #1,170 (58 births)
- Births halved by 1982, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 28,308 boys born in 1978 were named Tywan (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 23.9% of all boys named Tywan (302) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 277 | #1,170 (1978) | #2,254 |
| 1980s | 245 | #1,547 (1980) | #2,420 |
| 1990s | 281 | #2,128 (1990) | #2,717 |
| 2000s | 302 | #2,086 (2001) | #3,544 |
| 2010s | 123 | #5,035 (2012) | #7,159 |
| 2020s | 37 | #9,763 (2023) | #10,673 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Tywan in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 40,036 of them was named Tywan, which outranked 79.9% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,407Tavaris44
- #1,407Torry44
- #1,407Wilton44
- #1,421Tywan43
- #1,421Antwone43
- #1,421Demetrice43
- #1,421Demetrious43
- #1,435Anil42
- #1,435Artis42
- #1,435Benji42
Tied with 13 names at #1,421; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.