Tamela
Last seen for girls in 2018 at #13,793
- Peak · girls
- 1959 · 390 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,186since 1947
Tamela over time
Rank among girls' names. Tamela has never cracked the top 400 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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| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 |
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| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 |
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| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 |
| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 |
| 1997 | #5,228 | 19 |
| 1996 | #5,531 | 17 |
| 1995 | #5,958 | 15 |
| 1994 | #4,845 | 20 |
| 1993 | #3,877 | 27 |
| 1992 | #3,503 | 31 |
| 1991 | #2,843 | 41 |
| 1990 | #3,156 | 35 |
| 1989 | #2,931 | 37 |
| 1988 | #2,489 | 43 |
| 1987 | #2,199 | 49 |
| 1986 | #1,785 | 64 |
| 1985 | #1,833 | 61 |
| 1984 | #1,616 | 68 |
| 1983 | #1,522 | 74 |
| 1982 | #1,384 | 88 |
| 1981 | #1,475 | 82 |
| 1980 | #1,216 | 108 |
| 1979 | #1,232 | 105 |
| 1978 | #1,186 | 106 |
| 1977 | #1,175 | 105 |
| 1976 | #946 | 135 |
| 1975 | #849 | 157 |
| 1974 | #781 | 176 |
| 1973 | #824 | 159 |
| 1972 | #730 | 192 |
| 1971 | #595 | 292 |
| 1970 | #577 | 308 |
| 1969 | #555 | 316 |
| 1968 | #541 | 315 |
| 1967 | #522 | 326 |
| 1966 | #501 | 352 |
| 1965 | #562 | 286 |
| 1964 | #516 | 360 |
| 1963 | #515 | 356 |
| 1962 | #511 | 363 |
| 1961 | #499 | 379 |
| 1960 | #494 | 383 |
| 1959 | #492 | 390 |
| 1958 | #532 | 331 |
| 1957 | #841 | 146 |
| 1956 | #2,151 | 26 |
| 1955 | #2,063 | 27 |
| 1954 | #2,240 | 23 |
| 1953 | #2,699 | 16 |
| 1952 | #2,806 | 15 |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Tamela! It came in at #3,448, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2008–2010, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Tamela is popular in 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#415 · 1 in 2,640
- Alabama#458 · 1 in 3,248
- South Carolina#505 · 1 in 3,588
- Georgia#775 · 1 in 6,964
- Florida#848 · 1 in 7,727
Best ever in a state: #160 in West Virginia, 1963.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #415 | 6 | 1 in 2,640 |
| Alabama | #458 | 7 | 1 in 3,248 |
| South Carolina | #505 | 5 | 1 in 3,588 |
| Georgia | #775 | 5 | 1 in 6,964 |
| Florida | #848 | 7 | 1 in 7,727 |
| Texas | #1,417 | 7 | 1 in 17,676 |
| California | #1,850 | 7 | 1 in 25,899 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Tamela
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
- Biggest jump: 1,310 spots in 1957 (#2,151 → #841)
- Biggest drop: 229 spots in 1977 (#946 → #1,175)
- Debuted 1947
- Peaked 1959 at #492 (390 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1957–1976
- Highest: 1 in 4,807 girls born in 1966 were named Tamela (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 283,512 girls born in 2018 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #492 in 1959, was only 1 in 5,188 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 47.8% of all girls named Tamela (3,436) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 25 | #3,448 (1947) | #3,855 |
| 1950s | 997 | #492 (1959) | #2,016 |
| 1960s | 3,436 | #494 (1960) | #522 |
| 1970s | 1,735 | #577 (1970) | #890 |
| 1980s | 674 | #1,216 (1980) | #1,845 |
| 1990s | 226 | #2,843 (1991) | #5,175 |
| 2000s | 74 | #8,758 (2001) | #12,080 |
| 2010s | 19 | #13,347 (2011) | #13,907 |
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.
Tamela in 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 20,342 of them was named Tamela, which outranked 87.9% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,455Tramaine83
- #1,455Travis83
- #1,455Velma83
- #1,475Tamela82
- #1,475Annalisa82
- #1,475Ashli82
- #1,475Brandice82
- #1,490Adela81
- #1,490Aleta81
- #1,490Angella81
Tied with 14 names at #1,475; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.