Tamela
Tamela is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 493rd, in 1959.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1959390 births
- Best rank
- #493in 1959
- Since 1947
- 7,187people given the name
The story in the numbers
7,187 girls have been named Tamela in the United States since 1947, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1959, with 390 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 390 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1967, and the 1960s alone account for 48%. It has spent 20 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1959, its biggest year
Tamela was the 493rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1959 were Mary, Susan, Linda, Karen and Donna. See all of 1959.
Names that rose and fell with Tamela
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Tamipeak 1959
- Loriepeak 1963
- Loripeak 1963
- Danettepeak 1966
- Tammiepeak 1963
- Julipeak 1961
- Sheripeak 1963
- Tammerapeak 1963
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.