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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Tawanda

Tawanda was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1975, when it ranked 636th; the most babies were born in 1977 (260). More babies were named Tawanda 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
1977260 babies
Total since 1880
4,058babies recorded

Tawanda 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#17,3785
1990#3,99726
1980#907167
1970#909145
1960#2,23928
1950——
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Tawanda, counting every spelling?

Tawanda has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Tawanda?

About 3,800 people born in the US named Tawanda are alive today, with a median age of 50; half are between 46 and 55. That makes Tawanda 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.

Tawanda by state

How common Tawanda was among girls born in each state in 1975–1979, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Mississippi (7.0×), Alabama (5.5×), South Carolina (5.4×), Georgia (3.9×), Virginia (3.5×). In 31 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: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: 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: 0.29 per 1,000 babiesIL0.29Michigan: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesMI0.08New York: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesNY0.12Massachusetts: 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: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesIN0.04Ohio: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesOH0.07Pennsylvania: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesPA0.21New Jersey: 0.29 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.29Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesMO0.11Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.54 per 1,000 babiesVA0.54Maryland: 0.35 per 1,000 babiesMD0.35Delaware: 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: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesTN0.15North Carolina: 0.46 per 1,000 babiesNC0.46South Carolina: 0.82 per 1,000 babiesSC0.82District of Columbia: 0.35 per 1,000 babiesDC0.35Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.37 per 1,000 babiesLA0.37Mississippi: 1.1 per 1,000 babiesMS1.1Alabama: 0.84 per 1,000 babiesAL0.84Georgia: 0.59 per 1,000 babiesGA0.59Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesTX0.03Florida: 0.29 per 1,000 babiesFL0.29
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Tawanda, girls, 1975–1979. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Tawanda

How popular is the name Tawanda?

Tawanda was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1975, when it ranked 636th; the most babies were born in 1977 (260). More babies were named Tawanda in the 1970s than in any other decade.

Is Tawanda a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 4,058 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Tawanda most popular?

In 1975–1979, Tawanda was most common in Mississippi (1.06 per 1,000 girls), followed by Alabama and South Carolina.