Recorded 1934–2011 · United States
Tawana was most popular in 1974, when 365 American babies were given the name — ranking #886 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 6,545 people named Tawana.
Tawana first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1934, which makes it about 91 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 68 of the 92 years since. It was last recorded in 2011.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 6,545 American births named Tawana between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 6,094 are estimated to be alive today.
Tawana was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Tawana is out of use. It averaged 5 births a year a decade ago and has not been recorded in the last five years.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Tawana is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 6,545 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 6,094 Americans named Tawana are alive today — 93% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 51 years old, and half are between 46 and 57. That is a narrow band: Tawana arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org