How rare is the name Twyla?

4,896 people in the United States have the first name Twyla, about 1 in 61,689. It ranks #3,975 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

TWYLA

#3,975

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,896
About
1 in 61,689
This common or more
83.3%
Who bears it

Of the 4,896 people named Twyla, 69.6% reported their origin as White, 19.7% as Black and 4.6% 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.

Twyla peaked in 1964, when 194 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19052025
Peak year
1964
Births that year
194
In 2025*
56 ▼71%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 7,192 babies have been given the name since 1905. 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.

Twyla by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #1,502. The largest share of babies named Twyla, 33%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1900s#3,08033
1910s#2,573212
1920s#1,931521
1930s#1,561656
1940s#1,708693
1950s#1,5021,244
1960s#1,5491,333
1970s#2,073906
1980s#3,279532
1990s#6,911249
2000s#9,001235
2010s#8,474276
2020s#5,611302
Greatest Generation 1901–279.1%
Silent Generation 1928–4515.7%
Baby boom 1946–6433%
Generation X 1965–8021.1%
Millennials 1981–969%
Generation Z 1997–125.3%
2013 and later6.8%

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 Twyla is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Twyla has been most common in Iowa (9.2×), Oklahoma (6.3×), and South Dakota (4.7×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.28×).

2,887 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.

Either side of Twyla

#3,973 Debi · 4,900#3,973 Jannie · 4,900#3,976 Jayna · 4,895#3,976 Sydni · 4,895

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Twyla, most common first.

#3,161 Twila · 6,890#33,752 Twylla · 244#41,955 Twylia · 173#42,918 Twala · 166#46,524 Twylah · 143

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