Feminine dossier · first seen 1944

Tawanda

Extinct Near statistical disappearance
Peak era
1977
Peak births
260
Current vitality
Dormant
Peak generation
Gen X

Quick answers about Tawanda

How many people are named Tawanda?

Based on SSA birth records through 2003, an estimated 3,658 Americans born with the name Tawanda may still be living. No new bearers have been recorded since 2003.

How rare is Tawanda?

Tawanda has not appeared in SSA records since 2003. It is effectively extinct as a new baby name — no girls received it in the latest available data.

How old is the typical Tawanda?

The median age of a living American named Tawanda is approximately 50 years, with most bearers falling between 45 and 55 years old.

Is Tawanda still popular?

No. Tawanda is extinct in new births; the SSA last recorded it in 2003.

Where is Tawanda most common?

Tawanda has its strongest geographic signal in District of Columbia, where it appears 18.9× more often than the national baseline.

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Peak year
1977
Decline from peak
100%
2025
0
All-time
4,058

Tawanda is most concentrated in Mississippi — about 7.3× the national rate in the 1980s. It also runs high in South Carolina.

States where Tawanda is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.

Alabama: near or below the national rate AL Alaska: near or below the national rate AK Arizona: near or below the national rate AZ Arkansas: near or below the national rate AR California: near or below the national rate CA Colorado: near or below the national rate CO Connecticut: near or below the national rate CT Delaware: near or below the national rate DE District of Columbia: near or below the national rate DC Florida: near or below the national rate FL Georgia: near or below the national rate GA Hawaii: near or below the national rate HI Idaho: near or below the national rate ID Illinois: near or below the national rate IL Indiana: near or below the national rate IN Iowa: near or below the national rate IA Kansas: near or below the national rate KS Kentucky: near or below the national rate KY Louisiana: near or below the national rate LA Maine: near or below the national rate ME Maryland: near or below the national rate MD Massachusetts: near or below the national rate MA Michigan: near or below the national rate MI Minnesota: near or below the national rate MN Mississippi: 7.3× the national rate MS Missouri: near or below the national rate MO Montana: near or below the national rate MT Nebraska: near or below the national rate NE Nevada: near or below the national rate NV New Hampshire: near or below the national rate NH New Jersey: near or below the national rate NJ New Mexico: near or below the national rate NM New York: near or below the national rate NY North Carolina: near or below the national rate NC North Dakota: near or below the national rate ND Ohio: near or below the national rate OH Oklahoma: near or below the national rate OK Oregon: near or below the national rate OR Pennsylvania: near or below the national rate PA Rhode Island: near or below the national rate RI South Carolina: 5.7× the national rate SC South Dakota: near or below the national rate SD Tennessee: near or below the national rate TN Texas: near or below the national rate TX Utah: near or below the national rate UT Vermont: near or below the national rate VT Virginia: near or below the national rate VA Washington: near or below the national rate WA West Virginia: near or below the national rate WV Wisconsin: near or below the national rate WI Wyoming: near or below the national rate WY