Tywana
Feminine
Tywana is an American girl's name that joins Ty- to a soft -wana ending. Said aloud it is close to Tijuana, a city whose name has a popular story and a likelier true one.
How old is the name Tywana?
Tywana first appears in US birth records in 1954 — 71 years ago. The typical Tywana alive today was born around 1975, making them about 50 years old. About 600 people named Tywana are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Tywana most popular?
Tywana peaked in 1974, reaching #1937 nationally. See the whole 1974 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Tywana
A popular story says Tijuana, on the border south of San Diego, is named for Tía Juana, 'Aunt Jane', who kept a ranch or an inn there; scholars think the name is older, a Kumeyaay place name that Spanish speakers reshaped into words they knew. Tywana came from the Ty- names of its own day. But it shares its sound with a name that proves how people turn strange words into familiar ones.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Tywana joins Ty- to a -wana ending, and nothing records the join.
Pronouncing Tywana
ty-WAH-nuh
Three syllables with the stress on the second.
Nicknames for Tywana
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1954
- Most girls named
- 197444 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1937reached in 1974
- Change vs 1994
- −16.7%5 in 1999, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Tywanas among us
people named Tywana are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Tywana sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Rhythmic and easy to say once heard.
- Rare, so a Tywana is unlikely to share her name.
- Comes with Ty as a ready short form.
- People will hear Tijuana.
- They will write Taiwana or Tywanna.
- It has no documented meaning of its own.
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- How many Tywanas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Tywana are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Tywana in 2025?
- Tywana is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Tywana with classmates?
- Tywana will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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