first name
TWILA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,890 people named Twila, 82.4% reported their origin as White, 9.8% as Black and 3.2% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Twila peaked in 1960, when 304 babies got the name.
At least 11,922 babies have been given the name since 1890. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Twila by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #918. The largest share of babies named Twila, 32.7%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Twila is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Twila has been most common in Kansas (9.6×), Nebraska (8.9×), and West Virginia (5.7×), and least common in Georgia (0.22×).
7,470 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Twila, most common first.
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