Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Twyla

#1,980 most common girls' name of all time · #3,380 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1905–2025

Rank among girls
#1,980
Rank overall
#3,380 of 105,966
First appeared
1905
Years on the list
121 of 146
All-time
7,192
Since 2016
414
Peak year
1964 #749
Best rank
#749 1964
Girls Boys peak 194/yr
192019401960198020002020

Twyla first appears in 1905. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 56 — 56 #2,965
2024 40 — 40 #3,764
2023 58 — 58 #2,898
2022 60 — 60 #2,824
2021 58 — 58 #2,900
2020 30 — 30 #4,467
2019 31 — 31 #4,448
2018 21 — 21 #5,811
2017 33 — 33 #4,310
2016 27 — 27 #5,014
2015 25 — 25 #5,313
2014 33 — 33 #4,363
2013 20 — 20 #6,268
2012 25 — 25 #5,414
2011 28 — 28 #4,931
2010 33 — 33 #4,408
2009 34 — 34 #4,377
2008 17 — 17 #7,443
2007 18 — 18 #7,118
2006 13 — 13 #8,754
2005 30 — 30 #4,504
2004 26 — 26 #4,961
2003 31 — 31 #4,228
2002 22 — 22 #5,275
2001 20 — 20 #5,596
2000 24 — 24 #4,815
1999 21 — 21 #5,060
1998 21 — 21 #4,979
1997 20 — 20 #5,039
1996 27 — 27 #3,961
1995 15 — 15 #5,997
1994 26 — 26 #4,031
1993 30 — 30 #3,599
1992 32 — 32 #3,428
1991 25 — 25 #4,078
1990 32 — 32 #3,374
1989 39 — 39 #2,824
1988 40 — 40 #2,658
1987 50 — 50 #2,164
1986 52 — 52 #2,055
1985 38 — 38 #2,560
1984 65 — 65 #1,689
1983 62 — 62 #1,736
1982 55 — 55 #1,931
1981 60 — 60 #1,834
1980 71 — 71 #1,633
1979 96 — 96 #1,303
1978 83 — 83 #1,403
1977 96 — 96 #1,251
1976 89 — 89 #1,255
1975 78 — 78 #1,369
1974 78 — 78 #1,346
1973 73 — 73 #1,366
1972 92 — 92 #1,173
1971 106 — 106 #1,115
1970 115 — 115 #1,067
1969 113 — 113 #1,029
1968 105 — 105 #1,015
1967 101 — 101 #1,027
1966 99 — 99 #1,052
1965 120 — 120 #926
1964 194 — 194 #749
1963 137 — 137 #896
1962 142 — 142 #888
1961 155 — 155 #856
1960 167 — 167 #799
1959 142 — 142 #865
1958 140 — 140 #863
1957 152 — 152 #825
1956 147 — 147 #819
1955 121 — 121 #888
1954 118 — 118 #887
1953 100 — 100 #946
1952 116 — 116 #855
1951 103 — 103 #898
1950 105 — 105 #866
1949 93 — 93 #923
1948 73 — 73 #1,034
1947 93 — 93 #923
1946 72 — 72 #993
1945 60 — 60 #1,001
1944 64 — 64 #976
1943 62 — 62 #1,014
1942 50 — 50 #1,121
1941 69 — 69 #885
1940 57 — 57 #956
1939 75 — 75 #795
1938 67 — 67 #863
1937 64 — 64 #868
1936 66 — 66 #838
1935 59 — 59 #902
1934 59 — 59 #892
1933 68 — 68 #813
1932 61 — 61 #904
1931 64 — 64 #867
1930 73 — 73 #837
1929 61 — 61 #920
1928 50 — 50 #1,068
1927 62 — 62 #974
1926 47 — 47 #1,111
1925 65 — 65 #930
1924 54 — 54 #1,068
1923 53 — 53 #1,051
1922 45 — 45 #1,158
1921 42 — 42 #1,202
1920 42 — 42 #1,187
1919 39 — 39 #1,215
1918 38 — 38 #1,233
1917 23 — 23 #1,645
1916 33 — 33 #1,275
1915 28 — 28 #1,363
1914 17 — 17 #1,659
1913 7 — 7 #2,716
1912 14 — 14 #1,536
1911 5 — 5 #2,721
1910 8 — 8 #1,922
1909 6 — 6 #2,148
1908 7 — 7 #1,849
1907 8 — 8 #1,633
1906 6 — 6 #1,926
1905 6 — 6 #1,928