Tamala
Tamala is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 801st, in 1971.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1971176 births
- Best rank
- #801in 1971
- Since 1950
- 2,873people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,873 girls have been named Tamala in the United States since 1950, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1971, with 176 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 176 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1970, and the 1960s alone account for 41%. It has spent 9 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1971, its biggest year
Tamala was the 801st 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 Tamala
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Tanjapeak 1970
- Tammipeak 1968
- Shellypeak 1964
- Tracypeak 1970
- Shellipeak 1968
- Dawnpeak 1970
- Yulandapeak 1968
- Tinapeak 1968
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.