Twila
#3,459 for girls in 2025, 44 births
- Peak · girls
- 1934 · 195 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 11,922since 1890
Twila over time
Rank among girls' names. Twila has never cracked the top 400 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 | #3,459 | 44 |
| 2024 | #3,822 | 39 |
| 2023 | #4,655 | 29 |
| 2022 | #4,202 | 34 |
| 2021 | #5,091 | 25 |
| 2020 | #5,487 | 22 |
| 2019 | #5,449 | 23 |
| 2018 | #4,562 | 30 |
| 2017 | #5,821 | 21 |
| 2016 | #5,445 | 24 |
| 2015 | #5,833 | 22 |
| 2014 | #5,625 | 23 |
| 2013 | #5,013 | 27 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 |
| 2011 | #4,915 | 28 |
| 2010 | #7,513 | 16 |
| 2009 | #6,811 | 19 |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 |
| 2007 | #5,526 | 25 |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 |
| 2005 | #5,437 | 23 |
| 2004 | #5,969 | 20 |
| 2003 | #5,586 | 21 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 |
| 2001 | #6,619 | 16 |
| 2000 | #5,705 | 19 |
| 1999 | #5,219 | 20 |
| 1998 | #4,955 | 21 |
| 1997 | #3,815 | 29 |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 |
| 1993 | #5,206 | 18 |
| 1992 | #3,419 | 32 |
| 1991 | #5,399 | 17 |
| 1990 | #3,623 | 29 |
| 1989 | #3,784 | 26 |
| 1988 | #3,690 | 25 |
| 1987 | #3,331 | 27 |
| 1986 | #3,459 | 25 |
| 1985 | #2,317 | 43 |
| 1984 | #2,382 | 40 |
| 1983 | #1,770 | 60 |
| 1982 | #2,150 | 47 |
| 1981 | #1,985 | 53 |
| 1980 | #1,624 | 71 |
| 1979 | #1,592 | 72 |
| 1978 | #1,581 | 68 |
| 1977 | #1,380 | 81 |
| 1976 | #1,373 | 78 |
| 1975 | #1,094 | 107 |
| 1974 | #1,143 | 101 |
| 1973 | #1,151 | 95 |
| 1972 | #1,065 | 108 |
| 1971 | #1,003 | 124 |
| 1970 | #894 | 147 |
| 1969 | #923 | 132 |
| 1968 | #868 | 139 |
| 1967 | #865 | 137 |
| 1966 | #785 | 157 |
| 1965 | #778 | 163 |
| 1964 | #714 | 210 |
| 1963 | #665 | 229 |
| 1962 | #687 | 226 |
| 1961 | #642 | 252 |
| 1960 | #562 | 304 |
| 1959 | #641 | 241 |
| 1958 | #591 | 283 |
| 1957 | #676 | 213 |
| 1956 | #660 | 211 |
| 1955 | #654 | 205 |
| 1954 | #698 | 178 |
| 1953 | #637 | 196 |
| 1952 | #674 | 173 |
| 1951 | #651 | 177 |
| 1950 | #703 | 149 |
| 1949 | #643 | 167 |
| 1948 | #637 | 170 |
| 1947 | #663 | 160 |
| 1946 | #627 | 159 |
| 1945 | #642 | 129 |
| 1944 | #660 | 125 |
| 1943 | #687 | 122 |
| 1942 | #624 | 144 |
| 1941 | #584 | 143 |
| 1940 | #579 | 146 |
| 1939 | #563 | 143 |
| 1938 | #507 | 173 |
| 1937 | #547 | 149 |
| 1936 | #494 | 170 |
| 1935 | #493 | 164 |
| 1934 | #463 | 195 |
| 1933 | #472 | 189 |
| 1932 | #507 | 165 |
| 1931 | #472 | 184 |
| 1930 | #526 | 166 |
| 1929 | #566 | 146 |
| 1928 | #513 | 182 |
| 1927 | #513 | 188 |
| 1926 | #514 | 183 |
| 1925 | #612 | 142 |
| 1924 | #582 | 160 |
| 1923 | #564 | 164 |
| 1922 | #588 | 149 |
| 1921 | #636 | 135 |
| 1920 | #613 | 135 |
| 1919 | #673 | 108 |
| 1918 | #653 | 117 |
| 1917 | #649 | 110 |
| 1916 | #721 | 89 |
| 1915 | #640 | 106 |
| 1914 | #720 | 64 |
| 1913 | #810 | 42 |
| 1912 | #757 | 44 |
| 1911 | #1,071 | 17 |
| 1910 | #1,030 | 18 |
| 1909 | #890 | 21 |
| 1908 | #829 | 22 |
| 1907 | #819 | 21 |
| 1906 | #895 | 17 |
| 1905 | #683 | 27 |
| 1904 | #880 | 17 |
| 1903 | #813 | 18 |
| 1902 | #936 | 14 |
| 1901 | #881 | 14 |
| 1900 | #941 | 16 |
| 1899 | #756 | 18 |
| 1898 | #790 | 18 |
| 1897 | #1,094 | 9 |
| 1896 | #903 | 13 |
| 1895 | #893 | 13 |
| 1894 | #998 | 10 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #893 | 10 |
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 |
| 1889 | — | |
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| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
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.
Where Twila is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Missouri#642 · 1 in 6,131
- Ohio#1,005 · 1 in 13,791
- Texas#1,297 · 1 in 14,770
- California#1,854 · 1 in 25,555
Best ever in a state: #96 in Nebraska, 1930.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Missouri | #642 | 5 | 1 in 6,131 |
| Ohio | #1,005 | 5 | 1 in 13,791 |
| Texas | #1,297 | 7 | 1 in 14,770 |
| California | #1,854 | 6 | 1 in 25,555 |
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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 Twila
- 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)
- Debuted 1890
- Peaked 1934 at #463 (195 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 39 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 75 yrs · run 1912–1970
- 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
- 17.0% of all girls named Twila (2,026) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 97 | #756 (1899) | #942 |
| 1900s | 187 | #683 (1905) | #857 |
| 1910s | 715 | #640 (1915) | #772 |
| 1920s | 1,584 | #513 (1927) | #570 |
| 1930s | 1,698 | #463 (1934) | #504 |
| 1940s | 1,465 | #579 (1940) | #635 |
| 1950s | 2,026 | #591 (1958) | #659 |
| 1960s | 1,949 | #562 (1960) | #749 |
| 1970s | 981 | #894 (1970) | #1,228 |
| 1980s | 417 | #1,624 (1980) | #2,649 |
| 1990s | 208 | #3,419 (1992) | #5,076 |
| 2000s | 181 | #5,437 (2005) | #6,807 |
| 2010s | 221 | #4,562 (2018) | #6,366 |
| 2020s | 193 | #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 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
More about 1978
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1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 22,527 of them was named Twila, which outranked 86.2% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,569Sacha69
- #1,569Tanja69
- #1,569Tausha69
- #1,581Twila68
- #1,581Adam68
- #1,581Annalisa68
- #1,581Coral68
- #1,598Belen67
- #1,598Corrin67
- #1,598Donita67
Tied with 16 names at #1,581; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.