Tamela

Girl · recorded 1947–2018

  • 2018last recorded
  • 1966best year

Most popular in 1966.

Last recorded in 2018. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Tamela.

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Its story

Popularity since 1947

010420819471965198320002018

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 65 recorded years as a table
Tamela, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19476
19485
19494
19507
19516
19528
19539
195412
195514
195613
195771
1958165
1959193
1960189
1961188
1962185
1963185
1964190
1965162
1966208
1967197
1968192
1969187
1970176
1971175
1972126
1973109
1974120
1975108
197692
197768
197869
197965
198065
198149
198252
198344
198440
198535
198637
198728
198824
198920
199018
199122
199217
199315
199411
19959
199610
199711
19986
19996
20005
20016
20025
20035
20044
20053
20066
20074
20083
20114
20133
20184

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Tamela isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Tamela

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2018
6
Rank in 2018
#13,793
How rare
1 in 283,512 girls
Since 1947
7,186

Tamela was last recorded in 2018. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1966, at 208 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Tamela doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.