Meaning and history
Twila is an American given name that came into use in the late 19th century; its meaning is unknown, though it may be based on the English word twilight or on a Cajun pronunciation of French étoile, meaning “star.”
20062006: 12 births, rank #9,286
2007: 25 births, rank #5,526
2008: 11 births, rank #10,084
2009: 19 births, rank #6,811
2010: 16 births, rank #7,513
20112011: 28 births, rank #4,915
2012: 7 births, rank #13,483
2013: 27 births, rank #5,013
2014: 23 births, rank #5,625
2015: 22 births, rank #5,833
20162016: 24 births, rank #5,445
2017: 21 births, rank #5,821
2018: 30 births, rank #4,562
2019: 23 births, rank #5,449
2020: 22 births, rank #5,487
20212021: 25 births, rank #5,091
2022: 34 births, rank #4,202
2023: 29 births, rank #4,655
2024: 39 births, rank #3,822
20252025: 44 births, rank #3,459
Twila rose from #928 to #902 for girls between 1969 and 1970. Its highest annual birth count came in 1960, with 304 births.