Twila

#3,459 for girls in 2025, 44 births

Peak · girls
#463
1934 · 195 births
Debut · girls
1890
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
11,922
since 1890

Twila over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Twila has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201966peak #463, 1934girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#3,45944
2024#3,82239
2023#4,65529
2022#4,20234
2021#5,09125
2020#5,48722
2019#5,44923
2018#4,56230
2017#5,82121
2016#5,44524
2015#5,83322
2014#5,62523
2013#5,01327
2012#13,4837
2011#4,91528
2010#7,51316
2009#6,81119
2008#10,08411
2007#5,52625
2006#9,28612
2005#5,43723
2004#5,96920
2003#5,58621
2002#7,04515
2001#6,61916
2000#5,70519
1999#5,21920
1998#4,95521
1997#3,81529
1996#7,13012
1995#5,67716
1994#6,31914
1993#5,20618
1992#3,41932
1991#5,39917
1990#3,62329
1989#3,78426
1988#3,69025
1987#3,33127
1986#3,45925
1985#2,31743
1984#2,38240
1983#1,77060
1982#2,15047
1981#1,98553
1980#1,62471
1979#1,59272
1978#1,58168
1977#1,38081
1976#1,37378
1975#1,094107
1974#1,143101
1973#1,15195
1972#1,065108
1971#1,003124
1970#894147
1969#923132
1968#868139
1967#865137
1966#785157
1965#778163
1964#714210
1963#665229
1962#687226
1961#642252
1960#562304
1959#641241
1958#591283
1957#676213
1956#660211
1955#654205
1954#698178
1953#637196
1952#674173
1951#651177
1950#703149
1949#643167
1948#637170
1947#663160
1946#627159
1945#642129
1944#660125
1943#687122
1942#624144
1941#584143
1940#579146
1939#563143
1938#507173
1937#547149
1936#494170
1935#493164
1934#463195
1933#472189
1932#507165
1931#472184
1930#526166
1929#566146
1928#513182
1927#513188
1926#514183
1925#612142
1924#582160
1923#564164
1922#588149
1921#636135
1920#613135
1919#673108
1918#653117
1917#649110
1916#72189
1915#640106
1914#72064
1913#81042
1912#75744
1911#1,07117
1910#1,03018
1909#89021
1908#82922
1907#81921
1906#89517
1905#68327
1904#88017
1903#81318
1902#93614
1901#88114
1900#94116
1899#75618
1898#79018
1897#1,0949
1896#90313
1895#89313
1894#99810
1893—
1892—
1891#89310
1890#1,2106
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First appearance
1890

The first year at least five girls were named Twila! It came in at #1,210, and was given to 6 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1892–1893, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Twila
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 363 spots since 2024 (#3,822 → #3,459)
  • 2,028 spots since 2020 (#5,487 → #3,459)
  • 2,374 spots since 2015 (#5,833 → #3,459)
  • Biggest jump: 317 spots in 1891 (#1,210 → #893)
  • Biggest drop: 212 spots in 1906 (#683 → #895)
Rise & fade · girls
44 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1890
  • Peaked 1934 at #463 (195 births)
  • Births halved by 1973, 39 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 75 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 75 yrs · run 1912–1970
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,333
  • Highest: 1 in 5,333 girls born in 1933 were named Twila (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 36,529 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #463 in 1934, was only 1 in 5,355 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 17.0% of all girls named Twila (2,026) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s97#756 (1899)#942
1900s187#683 (1905)#857
1910s715#640 (1915)#772
1920s1,584#513 (1927)#570
1930s1,698#463 (1934)#504
1940s1,465#579 (1940)#635
1950s2,026#591 (1958)#659
1960s1,949#562 (1960)#749
1970s981#894 (1970)#1,228
1980s417#1,624 (1980)#2,649
1990s208#3,419 (1992)#5,076
2000s181#5,437 (2005)#6,807
2010s221#4,562 (2018)#6,366
2020s193#3,459 (2025)#4,453

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.

Twila in 1966

girls
#785
157 births · 1 in 10,778 girls

Top girls' names in 1966

  1. #1Lisa56,918
  2. #2Kimberly32,232
  3. #3Mary28,890
  4. #4Michelle27,159
  5. #5Karen25,450
  6. #6Susan23,776
  7. #7Patricia20,112
  8. #8Tammy18,621
  9. #9Angela18,532
  10. #10Jennifer18,215
  11. #785Twila157
More about 1966

girls

1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 10,778 of them was named Twila, which outranked 89.7% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Twila
  1. #778Shonda159
  2. #783Casandra158
  3. #783Mercedes158
  4. #785Twila157
  5. #785Chrystal157
  6. #785Jewel157
  7. #785Karol157
  8. #790Janeen156
  9. #790Teena156
  10. #792Dorene155

Tied with 4 names at #785; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,121Tabatha#6,539 → #418
  2. ↑ 1,469Tabitha#1,993 → #524
  3. ↑ 1,325Joell#2,247 → #922
  4. ↑ 1,047Tatia#1,715 → #668
  5. ↑ 969Nichole#1,829 → #860
Fallers
  1. ↓ 398Barb#815 → #1,213
  2. ↓ 310Jewell#952 → #1,262
  3. ↓ 288Roxie#944 → #1,232
  4. ↓ 284Aretha#818 → #1,102
  5. ↓ 280Kecia#392 → #672

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1966 →