Twila Girl
How popular is Twila?
#3,458 girl name in 2025
44 baby girls were named Twila in the US in 2025, making it the 3458th most popular girl name.
Twila popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #3,458 for girls (▲ 364 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 44 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+100% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #5,831 in 2015, #5,483 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1960 (304 girls) |
| Highest rank | #463 in 1934 |
| First recorded | 1890 |
| 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 |
Twila 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 Twila is most popular
Babies named Twila per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Indiana: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Twila by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 97 | #756 |
| 1900s | 187 | #683 |
| 1910s | 715 | #640 |
| 1920s | 1,584 | #513 |
| 1930s | 1,698 | #463 |
| 1940s | 1,465 | #579 |
| 1950s | 2,026 | #591 |
| 1960s | 1,949 | #562 |
| 1970s | 981 | #894 |
| 1980s | 417 | #1,624 |
| 1990s | 208 | #3,413 |
| 2000s | 181 | #5,432 |
| 2010s | 221 | #4,560 |
| 2020s | 193 | #3,458 |
Girl names about as popular as Twila
Questions
- Is Twila a boy or girl name?
- Twila is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Twila were girls.
- How popular is the name Twila?
- 44 baby girls were named Twila in the US in 2025, making it the 3458th most popular girl name.
- When was Twila most popular?
- Twila peaked in 1960, when 304 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #463 in 1934.
- How many people are named Twila?
- 11,922 babies have been named Twila in the US since 1880. We estimate about 6,956 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 65.
- Where is Twila most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Twila was most common in Indiana, at 0.0 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.