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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Tawny

Tawny was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1989, when it ranked 860th with 217 babies. More babies were named Tawny in the 1980s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
1989217 babies
Total since 1880
4,228babies recorded

Tawny 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#9,17813
2000#4,17530
1990#1,012180
1980#1,149119
1970#1,58261
1960#1,72444
1950#2,76615
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Tawny, counting every spelling?

Tawny is a spelling of Tani, a name family that had 7 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 7 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How old are people named Tawny?

About 4,000 people born in the US named Tawny are alive today, with a median age of 40; half are between 34 and 48. That makes Tawny 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.

Tawny by state

How common Tawny was among girls born in each state in 1987–1991, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Utah (4.3×), Oregon (3.3×), Washington (2.4×), California (2.1×). 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: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesWI0.04Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesWA0.23Idaho: 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: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesIL0.06Michigan: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesMI0.07New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: 0.32 per 1,000 babiesOR0.32Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesIA0.06Indiana: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesIN0.07Ohio: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesOH0.11Pennsylvania: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesPA0.07New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesCA0.20Utah: 0.42 per 1,000 babiesUT0.42Colorado: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesCO0.12Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesVA0.03Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesAZ0.05New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesKS0.07Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesOK0.06Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesGA0.03Hawaii: 0.43 per 1,000 babiesHI0.43Texas: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesTX0.07Florida: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesFL0.07
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Tawny, girls, 1987–1991. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

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

Questions about the name Tawny

How popular is the name Tawny?

Tawny was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1989, when it ranked 860th with 217 babies. More babies were named Tawny in the 1980s than in any other decade.

Is Tawny a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Tawny in the US.

Where was Tawny most popular?

In 1987–1991, Tawny was most common in Hawaii (0.43 per 1,000 girls), followed by Utah and Oregon.