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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Tawana

Tawana was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1974, when it ranked 485th with 365 babies. More babies were named Tawana in the 1970s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1974365 babies
Total since 1880
6,545babies recorded

Tawana popularity since 1880

0125250375500 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000#7,98913
1990#1,87676
1980#733227
1970#686231
1960#1,18685
1950#2,42418
1940#4,9655
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Tawana, counting every spelling?

Tawana has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Tawana?

About 6,000 people born in the US named Tawana are alive today, with a median age of 51; half are between 46 and 57. That makes Tawana mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Tawana by state

How common Tawana was among girls born in each state in 1972–1976, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in New York (2.6×), Mississippi (2.5×), Georgia (2.4×), Alabama (2.4×), South Carolina (2.3×). In 26 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesWI0.05Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.38 per 1,000 babiesIL0.38Michigan: 0.40 per 1,000 babiesMI0.40New York: 0.61 per 1,000 babiesNY0.61Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.28 per 1,000 babiesIN0.28Ohio: 0.27 per 1,000 babiesOH0.27Pennsylvania: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesPA0.16New Jersey: 0.44 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.44Connecticut: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesCT0.08Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesCA0.07Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.24 per 1,000 babiesMO0.24Kentucky: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesKY0.18West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesVA0.18Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: 0.28 per 1,000 babiesAR0.28Tennessee: 0.32 per 1,000 babiesTN0.32North Carolina: 0.45 per 1,000 babiesNC0.45South Carolina: 0.53 per 1,000 babiesSC0.53District of Columbia: 0.54 per 1,000 babiesDC0.54Oklahoma: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesOK0.06Louisiana: 0.41 per 1,000 babiesLA0.41Mississippi: 0.58 per 1,000 babiesMS0.58Alabama: 0.55 per 1,000 babiesAL0.55Georgia: 0.55 per 1,000 babiesGA0.55Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesTX0.16Florida: 0.44 per 1,000 babiesFL0.44
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Tawana, girls, 1972–1976. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Tawana: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Tawana, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Tawana

How popular is the name Tawana?

Tawana was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1974, when it ranked 485th with 365 babies. More babies were named Tawana in the 1970s than in any other decade.

Is Tawana a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 6,545 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Tawana most popular?

In 1972–1976, Tawana was most common in New York (0.61 per 1,000 girls), followed by Mississippi and Georgia.