Tawanda
Last seen for girls in 2003 at #12,408
- Peak · girls
- 1975 · 245 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,058since 1944
Tawanda over time
Rank among girls' names. Tawanda has never cracked the top 600 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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| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 |
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| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 |
| 1994 | #5,016 | 19 |
| 1993 | #4,524 | 22 |
| 1992 | #4,088 | 25 |
| 1991 | #2,660 | 45 |
| 1990 | #3,909 | 26 |
| 1989 | #2,658 | 42 |
| 1988 | #2,251 | 50 |
| 1987 | #1,918 | 59 |
| 1986 | #1,910 | 58 |
| 1985 | #1,632 | 72 |
| 1984 | #1,255 | 102 |
| 1983 | #1,237 | 102 |
| 1982 | #1,204 | 112 |
| 1981 | #920 | 163 |
| 1980 | #902 | 167 |
| 1979 | #854 | 182 |
| 1978 | #664 | 241 |
| 1977 | #639 | 260 |
| 1976 | #672 | 227 |
| 1975 | #635 | 245 |
| 1974 | #677 | 220 |
| 1973 | #712 | 204 |
| 1972 | #722 | 198 |
| 1971 | #695 | 219 |
| 1970 | #906 | 145 |
| 1969 | #985 | 120 |
| 1968 | #1,017 | 104 |
| 1967 | #1,035 | 99 |
| 1966 | #1,161 | 84 |
| 1965 | #1,448 | 58 |
| 1964 | #1,361 | 68 |
| 1963 | #1,522 | 54 |
| 1962 | #1,627 | 48 |
| 1961 | #1,612 | 49 |
| 1960 | #2,196 | 28 |
| 1959 | #3,254 | 14 |
| 1958 | #3,543 | 12 |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 |
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| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 |
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| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Tawanda! It came in at #4,574, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1944–1951, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Tawanda is popular in 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#265 · 1 in 1,653
- Florida#688 · 1 in 8,344
- Illinois#1,047 · 1 in 21,325
Best ever in a state: #148 in Mississippi, 1978.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| District of Columbia | #265 | 8 | 1 in 1,653 |
| Florida | #688 | 6 | 1 in 8,344 |
| Illinois | #1,047 | 5 | 1 in 21,325 |
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See more about Tawanda
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2003
- Biggest jump: 211 spots in 1971 (#906 → #695)
- Biggest drop: 284 spots in 1982 (#920 → #1,204)
- Debuted 1944
- Peaked 1975 at #635 (245 births)
- Births halved by 1982, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 1969–1981
- Highest: 1 in 5,897 girls born in 1977 were named Tawanda (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 261,021 girls born in 2003 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #635 in 1975, was only 1 in 5,950 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 52.8% of all girls named Tawanda (2,141) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1940s | 10 | #4,574 (1944) | #4,909 |
| 1950s | 72 | #3,254 (1959) | #4,288 |
| 1960s | 712 | #985 (1969) | #1,396 |
| 1970s | 2,141 | #635 (1975) | #718 |
| 1980s | 927 | #902 (1980) | #1,589 |
| 1990s | 184 | #2,660 (1991) | #6,750 |
| 2000s | 12 | #12,408 (2003) | #13,720 |
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.
Tawanda in 1961
Top girls' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 41,194 of them was named Tawanda, which outranked 78.6% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,598Shirl50
- #1,598Tammye50
- #1,598Valery50
- #1,612Tawanda49
- #1,612Araceli49
- #1,612Cherise49
- #1,612Daina49
- #1,627Caprice48
- #1,627Carrol48
- #1,627Cristi48
Tied with 14 names at #1,612; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.