Dwala

Popularity Trends

The name Dwala is the #7,713 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 26 recorded births since 1942. This represents the 0.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,690 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 26 births since 1942.

Dwala first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1942 (first recorded for girls in 1942). Birth data for Dwala is available in 2 out of the 2 years between 1942 and 1943. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For girls, Dwala reached its peak popularity in 1942, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #611) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1942, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile).

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dwala".

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Key Statistics

Total Births

Peak Births

Peak Year

1942

First Recorded

1942

Peak Percentile

1.6%

Current Percentile

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Peak Rank

#611

Current Rank

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Female statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Dwala", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Dwala.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Dwala's popularity from 1939 to 1946 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts. For less common names, correlations may be less meaningful because we only have data for years in which at least 5 births of the same gender were recorded.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Dwala at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Dwala range from Janath at 99.8% correlation to Macarthur at 85.1% correlation, with an average correlation level of 91.2%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Macarthur with 1.3K births (100% boys) and the least popular is Janath with 11 births (100% girls).

Dwala's share of births peaked at 10.8 births per million for girls in 1942. It reached its lowest point of 7.7 births per million (71% of peak) in 1943. In 1943, the most recent period with data, the name Dwala had 7.7 births per million, 71% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

99.81% (very strong)

99.73% (very strong)

98.83% (very strong)

93.27% (very strong)

91.20% (very strong)

91.09% (very strong)

1,026

88.14% (very strong)

Merrilie

87.73% (very strong)

Aloma

847

87.46% (very strong)

Loxi

86.47% (very strong)

Kaaren

884

85.40% (very strong)

Macarthur

1,277

85.09% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Dwala

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Dwala. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Dwala is pronounced as DWAH-luh, which has 2 syllables.

DWAH-luh

100.0%

DWAH-luh (2 syllables)

100.0% confidence

D W AA1 L AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like D W AA1 L AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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