Twyla Girl
How popular is Twyla?
#2,957 girl name in 2025
56 baby girls were named Twyla in the US in 2025, making it the 2957th most popular girl name.
Twyla popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,957 for girls (▲ 801 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 56 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+124% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #5,286 in 2015, #4,451 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1964 (194 girls) |
| Highest rank | #748 in 1964 |
| First recorded | 1905 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Twyla counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Twyla family of names ranked #1,543 for girls in 2025 (#1,837 the year before), with 100 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Twyla | 56 | 56% |
| Twila | 44 | 44% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Twyla is most popular
Babies named Twyla per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Oklahoma: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Washington: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 girls)
- Georgia: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Twyla by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 33 | #1,512 |
| 1910s | 212 | #1,194 |
| 1920s | 521 | #915 |
| 1930s | 656 | #790 |
| 1940s | 693 | #876 |
| 1950s | 1,244 | #816 |
| 1960s | 1,333 | #748 |
| 1970s | 906 | #1,060 |
| 1980s | 532 | #1,624 |
| 1990s | 249 | #3,359 |
| 2000s | 235 | #4,216 |
| 2010s | 276 | #4,303 |
| 2020s | 302 | #2,821 |
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Questions
- Is Twyla a boy or girl name?
- Twyla is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Twyla were girls.
- How popular is the name Twyla?
- 56 baby girls were named Twyla in the US in 2025, making it the 2957th most popular girl name.
- When was Twyla most popular?
- Twyla peaked in 1964, when 194 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #748 in 1964.
- How many people are named Twyla?
- 7,192 babies have been named Twyla in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,267 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 59.
- Where is Twyla most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Twyla was most common in Oklahoma, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.