Tawny comes from the English tradition, meaning Golden brown.
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How popular is Tawny?
1989peak year
The name Tawny reached its peak in 1989, with 217 registrations (ranked #860). It first surfaced in U.S. records in 1947, roughly 42 years before its peak. Since the peak, the name has eased to well outside the top 1,000 (around #15215) today, averaging about 6 new babies per year. Tawny has been declining in recent years. Across all years on record, approximately 4,228 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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