How Many People Are Named Tawney?
An estimated 531 people in the United States have the first name Tawney. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 41 years old, and Tawney peaked in popularity in 1988 with 43 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Tawney as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Tawney paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
531
About 1 in 645,488 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
41
years old
Peak Year
1988
43 births
Total Registered
575
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Tawney
Tawney is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 575 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Tawney as a female name
Ranked #12,900 in 2005
8 female births in 2005
Peak: 1988 (43 births)
Tawney: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Tawney span from the 1940s to the 2000s, covering 7 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 203 babies were registered. Tawney has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Tawney by Decade
How has Tawney tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Tawney by State
Tawney + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Tawney as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Tawney: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Tawney?
We estimate approximately 531 people named Tawney are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 645,488 Americans share this first name.
Is Tawney a common name?
Tawney is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 85.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 575 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Tawney most popular?
Tawney reached peak popularity in 1988, when 43 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Tawney is approximately 41 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Tawney a female name?
Tawney is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Tawney Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Tawney Smith, Tawney Johnson, Tawney Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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