# Twyla (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/twyla/  
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 | /ˈtwaɪlə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Twila |
| US babies named this | 7,192 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 7,192 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 76, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A 20th-century American coinage, derived from twilight.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 28 | 5,054 |
| 2012 | 25 | 5,543 |
| 2013 | 20 | 6,446 |
| 2014 | 33 | 4,445 |
| 2015 | 25 | 5,443 |
| 2016 | 27 | 5,122 |
| 2017 | 33 | 4,372 |
| 2018 | 21 | 5,989 |
| 2019 | 31 | 4,536 |
| 2020 | 30 | 4,536 |
| 2021 | 58 | 2,926 |
| 2022 | 60 | 2,855 |
| 2023 | 58 | 2,934 |
| 2024 | 40 | 3,813 |
| 2025 | 56 | 2,995 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3 | 3,998 |
| 2005 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,615 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,519 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,888 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,927 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3,015 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3,035 |

## People named Twyla

- Twyla Tharp, American dancer and choreographer

## 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.