Tamala
Last seen for girls in 2005 at #16,462
- Peak · girls
- 1971 · 176 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,873since 1950
Tamala over time
Rank among girls' names. Tamala has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 |
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| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 |
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| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 |
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| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 |
| 1991 | #5,004 | 19 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 |
| 1989 | #5,286 | 16 |
| 1988 | #4,308 | 20 |
| 1987 | #4,122 | 20 |
| 1986 | #4,539 | 17 |
| 1985 | #3,730 | 22 |
| 1984 | #3,874 | 20 |
| 1983 | #2,659 | 33 |
| 1982 | #1,822 | 59 |
| 1981 | #2,028 | 51 |
| 1980 | #2,128 | 48 |
| 1979 | #2,020 | 50 |
| 1978 | #1,862 | 53 |
| 1977 | #1,661 | 63 |
| 1976 | #1,252 | 89 |
| 1975 | #1,094 | 107 |
| 1974 | #901 | 141 |
| 1973 | #1,085 | 106 |
| 1972 | #937 | 131 |
| 1971 | #798 | 176 |
| 1970 | #1,008 | 124 |
| 1969 | #975 | 121 |
| 1968 | #831 | 150 |
| 1967 | #833 | 145 |
| 1966 | #910 | 123 |
| 1965 | #1,060 | 98 |
| 1964 | #982 | 117 |
| 1963 | #907 | 134 |
| 1962 | #1,167 | 88 |
| 1961 | #1,049 | 109 |
| 1960 | #1,052 | 104 |
| 1959 | #1,149 | 86 |
| 1958 | #1,260 | 71 |
| 1957 | #1,928 | 32 |
| 1956 | #3,696 | 11 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 |
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| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Tamala! It came in at #5,301, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1950–1951, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Tamala
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2005
- Biggest jump: 260 spots in 1963 (#1,167 → #907)
- Biggest drop: 193 spots in 1975 (#901 → #1,094)
- Debuted 1950
- Peaked 1971 at #798 (176 births)
- Births halved by 1977, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1966–1969
- Highest: 1 in 9,454 girls born in 1971 were named Tamala (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 369,568 girls born in 2005 (0.00%)
- 41.4% of all girls named Tamala (1,189) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 235 | #1,149 (1959) | #3,496 |
| 1960s | 1,189 | #831 (1968) | #977 |
| 1970s | 1,040 | #798 (1971) | #1,262 |
| 1980s | 306 | #1,822 (1982) | #3,450 |
| 1990s | 88 | #5,004 (1991) | #9,052 |
| 2000s | 15 | #9,351 (2001) | #12,907 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Tamala in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
More about 1978
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1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 28,903 of them was named Tamala, which outranked 83.8% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,841Toby54
- #1,841Tyler54
- #1,841Zakiya54
- #1,862Tamala53
- #1,862Ashanti53
- #1,862Ashli53
- #1,862Carlotta53
- #1,893Chanell52
- #1,893Dania52
- #1,893Effie52
Tied with 30 names at #1,862; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.