# Tawana (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tawana/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,545 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 6,545 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 144, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 35 | 3,264 |
| 1993 | 32 | 3,501 |
| 1994 | 15 | 6,290 |
| 1995 | 21 | 4,836 |
| 1996 | 29 | 3,820 |
| 1997 | 8 | 10,733 |
| 1998 | 13 | 7,498 |
| 1999 | 13 | 7,670 |
| 2000 | 13 | 7,989 |
| 2002 | 5 | 17,846 |
| 2004 | 5 | 18,565 |
| 2005 | 5 | 18,926 |
| 2006 | 5 | 19,787 |
| 2007 | 5 | 20,283 |
| 2011 | 5 | 19,327 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 5 | 2,738 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2,868 |
| 2003 | 4 | 3,594 |
| 2004 | 5 | 3,197 |
| 2005 | 6 | 2,970 |
| 2006 | 7 | 2,781 |
| 2007 | 10 | 2,233 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2010 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 3 | 3,225 |
| 2003 | 5 | 2,470 |
| 2004 | 6 | 2,304 |
| 2005 | 7 | 2,174 |
| 2006 | 5 | 2,870 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2008 | 7 | 2,507 |
| 2009 | 6 | 2,837 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.