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Twila

Gender
Girl
Say it
TWY-luh
US rank, 2025
#3,458 for girls

Twila is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,458th for girls in the US (44 babies).

Where does Twila come from?

American name of uncertain origin, perhaps from twilight

Is Twila a girl's or a boy's name?

Twila is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 44 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Twila in the US?

Rank in 2025
#3,458among girls
Babies in 2025
44about 1 in 37,000 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 49% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 44 girls in the US were named Twila, making it the 3,458th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. Its busiest year was 1960, with 304 girls. It first appears in the records in 1890.

2025 had more girls named Twila than any year since 1983.

Half of all the girls named Twila in the US since 1880 were born between 1932 and 1964, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 100 girls in the US were given Twila or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,690, up from #3,458 for this spelling alone.

1890Busiest: 304 in 19602025
Twila in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202544#3,458
202439#3,822
202329#4,652
202234#4,200
202125#5,087
202022#5,483
201923#5,445
201830#4,560
201721#5,817
201624#5,444
201522#5,831
201423#5,623
201327#5,011
20127#13,477
201128#4,913
201016#7,510
200919#6,808
200811#10,080
200725#5,523
200612#9,282
200523#5,432
200420#5,965
200321#5,581
200215#7,039
200116#6,614
200019#5,700
199920#5,213
199821#4,951
199729#3,812
199612#7,125
199516#5,672
199414#6,313
199318#5,200
199232#3,413
199117#5,393
199029#3,618
198926#3,778
198825#3,685
198727#3,328
198625#3,457
198543#2,316
198440#2,381
198360#1,770
198247#2,150
198153#1,985
198071#1,624
197972#1,592
197868#1,581
197781#1,380
197678#1,373
1975107#1,094
1974101#1,143
197395#1,151
1972108#1,065
1971124#1,003
1970147#894
1969132#923
1968139#868
1967137#865
1966157#785
1965163#778
1964210#714
1963229#665
1962226#687
1961252#642
1960304#562
1959241#641
1958283#591
1957213#675
1956211#659
1955205#653
1954178#697
1953196#636
1952173#673
1951177#650
1950149#702
1949167#642
1948170#636
1947160#663
1946159#627
1945129#642
1944125#660
1943122#687
1942144#624
1941143#584
1940146#579
1939143#563
1938173#507
1937149#547
1936170#494
1935164#493
1934195#463
1933189#472
1932165#507
1931184#472
1930166#526
1929146#566
1928182#513
1927188#513
1926183#514
1925142#612
1924160#582
1923164#564
1922149#588
1921135#636
1920135#613
1919108#673
1918117#653
1917110#649
191689#721
1915106#640
191464#720
191342#810
191244#757
191117#1,071
191018#1,030
190921#890
190822#829
190721#819
190617#895
190527#683
190417#880
190318#813
190214#936
190114#881
190016#941
189918#756
189818#790
18979#1,094
189613#903
189513#893
189410#998
18930–
18920–
189110#893
18906#1,209

Names like Twila

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Loretta Vera Martha Ramona Rita Regina Paula Myra Bonnie Sylvia Alma Teresa

Other spellings of Twila

Twyla

Names related to Twila

Tilia Tila Taila

Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Twila: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/twila, updated 20 October 2026.