Tywanna
Feminine
Tywanna is an American name of the fifties to the seventies, three syllables with a lift in the middle. Its Ty- front has one of the stranger stories in sport: the greatest hitter of his age was named after an ancient Phoenician city.
How old is the name Tywanna?
Tywanna first appears in US birth records in 1948 — 77 years ago. The typical Tywanna alive today was born around 1975, making them about 50 years old. About 600 people named Tywanna are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Tywanna most popular?
Tywanna peaked in 1974, reaching #2172 nationally. See the whole 1974 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Tywanna
Before Ty was a name-front, it was a nickname for Tyrus. Ty Cobb, born in Georgia in 1886, was named Tyrus by his father after the ancient city of Tyre, which had held out for months against Alexander the Great. Tywanna did not come from Tyre or from Cobb; it came from the bright Ty- and the soft -wanna of its own era. But it opens on a syllable that once carried the name of a city that would not give in.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Tywanna may be Tawanna with a y, or Ty- joined to a -wanna ending, and nothing records which.
Pronouncing Tywanna
ty-WAH-nuh
Three syllables with the stress on the second.
Nicknames for Tywanna
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
- 1948
- Most girls named
- 197437 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2172reached in 1974
- Change vs 1997
- 0.0%5 in 1998, from 5
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.
Tywannas among us
people named Tywanna 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
Tywanna 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
- Easy to say once heard.
- Rare, so a Tywanna is unlikely to share her name.
- Has a clear, rhythmic sound.
- Tawanna and Tywana are likely guesses, so it will need spelling out.
- The back half can be heard as 'wanna', which may draw a joke.
- It has no documented meaning of its own.
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Frequently asked
- How many Tywannas 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 Tywanna are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Tywanna in 2025?
- Tywanna is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
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- Tywanna will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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