Tangela
Tangela is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 759th, in 1973.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1971193 births
- Best rank
- #759in 1973
- Since 1956
- 3,784people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,784 girls have been named Tangela in the United States since 1956, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1971, with 193 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 193 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1974, and the 1970s alone account for 39%. It has spent 11 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1971, its biggest year
Tangela was the 762nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1971 were Jennifer, Michelle, Lisa, Kimberly and Amy. See all of 1971.
Names that rose and fell with Tangela
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Staceypeak 1971
- Shonapeak 1970
- Terinapeak 1969
- Kerriepeak 1971
- Angleapeak 1972
- Larondapeak 1973
- Stacypeak 1971
- Lasandrapeak 1972
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.