Twyla

#2,957 for girls in 2025, 56 births

Peak · girls
1964 · 194 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,192
since 1905

Twyla over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Twyla has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201921peak #748, 1964girls
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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#2,95756
2024#3,75840
2023#2,89158
2022#2,82160
2021#2,89258
2020#4,45330
2019#4,43731
2018#5,78521
2017#4,30433
2016#4,99027
2015#5,28825
2014#4,35033
2013#6,25520
2012#5,39825
2011#4,91528
2010#4,39733
2009#4,37034
2008#7,40817
2007#7,09218
2006#8,71513
2005#4,48730
2004#4,94926
2003#4,22031
2002#5,25422
2001#5,57020
2000#4,79124
1999#5,03921
1998#4,95521
1997#5,01020
1996#3,94227
1995#5,95815
1994#4,01626
1993#3,58530
1992#3,41932
1991#4,05925
1990#3,36432
1989#2,81039
1988#2,64640
1987#2,15650
1986#2,05252
1985#2,54538
1984#1,68465
1983#1,73362
1982#1,92255
1981#1,83060
1980#1,62471
1979#1,30196
1978#1,39783
1977#1,24796
1976#1,25289
1975#1,36578
1974#1,34578
1973#1,36173
1972#1,16992
1971#1,113106
1970#1,060115
1969#1,024113
1968#1,013105
1967#1,025101
1966#1,05099
1965#922120
1964#748194
1963#894137
1962#885142
1961#848155
1960#796167
1959#860142
1958#861140
1957#821152
1956#817147
1955#883121
1954#884118
1953#944100
1952#854116
1951#891103
1950#866105
1949#91893
1948#1,03173
1947#92093
1946#98572
1945#99460
1944#97164
1943#1,00662
1942#1,11650
1941#87669
1940#95357
1939#79075
1938#86167
1937#86264
1936#82766
1935#89659
1934#88859
1933#80868
1932#89961
1931#86264
1930#83173
1929#91561
1928#1,06150
1927#96362
1926#1,09647
1925#92365
1924#1,05854
1923#1,03753
1922#1,14445
1921#1,18442
1920#1,17142
1919#1,19439
1918#1,21438
1917#1,60523
1916#1,24633
1915#1,33928
1914#1,60317
1913#2,5407
1912#1,47714
1911#2,4635
1910#1,7738
1909#1,9576
1908#1,6767
1907#1,5128
1906#1,7276
1905#1,6966
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First appearance
1905

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.

See more about Twyla
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
59 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1905
  • Peaked 1964 at #748 (194 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 36 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 1949–1965
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,767
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 18.5% of all girls named Twyla (1,333) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s33#1,512 (1907)#1,714
1910s212#1,194 (1919)#1,645
1920s521#915 (1929)#1,055
1930s656#790 (1939)#852
1940s693#876 (1941)#977
1950s1,244#817 (1956)#868
1960s1,333#748 (1964)#921
1970s906#1,060 (1970)#1,261
1980s532#1,624 (1980)#2,100
1990s249#3,364 (1990)#4,335
2000s235#4,220 (2003)#5,686
2010s276#4,304 (2017)#5,012
2020s302#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 1921

girls
#1,184
42 births · 1 in 29,359 girls

Top girls' names in 1921

  1. #1Mary73,984
  2. #2Dorothy39,087
  3. #3Helen34,822
  4. #4Margaret28,468
  5. #5Ruth25,783
  6. #6Virginia19,032
  7. #7Mildred17,880
  8. #8Betty17,638
  9. #9Frances15,993
  10. #10Elizabeth15,800
  11. #1,184Twyla42
More about 1921

girls

1,233,058 girls got a published name in 1921; 1 in 29,359 of them was named Twyla, which outranked 79.8% of the 5,871 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Twyla
  1. #1,168Shizuko43
  2. #1,168Trudie43
  3. #1,168Veva43
  4. #1,184Twyla42
  5. #1,184Ailene42
  6. #1,184Aleene42
  7. #1,184Ardath42
  8. #1,205Allean41
  9. #1,205Alleen41
  10. #1,205Cleopatra41

Tied with 20 names at #1,184; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1920
Risers
  1. 4,238Elwanda#4,975#737
  2. 458Noreen#1,255#797
  3. 440Venice#1,375#935
  4. 343Isobel#1,312#969
  5. 306Aida#1,119#813
Fallers
  1. 612Lilia#931#1,543
  2. 345Denise#931#1,276
  3. 330Aleen#968#1,298
  4. 269Virgil#968#1,237
  5. 265Aldona#903#1,168

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

See the top 100 for 1921