Girl name#1,790 of girl names
Tawana
Pronounced T AA2 W AA1 N AH0 (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 1974
- 78 years in use
How popular is Tawana?
Tawana is a girls' name, and first appears in 1934. It has been given to 6,545 children — the 1,790th most common girls' name on record.
It has left circulation; 2011 is the last year it appears. Its best single year was 1974, when 365 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- T AA2 W AA1 N AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 210
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Tawana
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Tawana
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Tawana?
- Tawana ranks 1,790th among girls' names in US records, with 6,545 births since 1934. Over the past decade it accounts for 30.
- Is Tawana a unisex name?
- No. Tawana is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Tawana most popular?
- 1974, when 365 children were given the name. It last appears in the record in 2011.