Tangela

Girl · recorded 1956–2011

  • 2011last recorded
  • 1973best year

Most popular in 1973.

Last recorded in 2011. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1956

06212319561970198419972011

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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 54 recorded years as a table
Tangela, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19564
19576
195810
195916
196022
196123
196235
196346
196453
196570
196678
196781
196879
196979
197088
1971116
1972118
1973123
197499
1975104
197679
197780
197872
197972
198064
198145
198260
198345
198458
198549
198645
198732
198833
198929
199022
199127
199224
199319
199429
199513
199618
199717
199814
199911
20007
20019
20027
20039
20047
20063
20074
20084
20093
20115

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Tangela 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2011
8
Rank in 2011
#12,153
How rare
1 in 219,883 girls
Since 1956
3,784

Tangela was last recorded in 2011. 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 1973, at 123 per million girls born.

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

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