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The first name Tawnya

A girl’s name.

2 syllables Female

Meaning and origin

A female given name

From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Popularity in the United States

Babies named Tawnya at birth, 1880–2025

In 2004, 6 girls born in the United States were named Tawnya, the 15,910th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1972, when 289 were.

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4,943
babies named Tawnya since 1880
#15,910
rank in 2004
1972
peak year

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

Questions

Is Tawnya a boy's or a girl's name?
Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 4,943 US babies named Tawnya since 1880 were girls.
When was Tawnya most popular?
1972 in the United States, when 289 babies were named Tawnya, its highest rank at 572nd.