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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Tamala

Tamala was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1971, when it ranked 801st with 176 babies. More babies were named Tamala in the 1960s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1971176 babies
Total since 1880
2,873babies recorded

Tamala popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990#10,1018
1980#2,14948
1970#1,011124
1960#1,056104
1950#6,0165
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Tamala, counting every spelling?

Tamala has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Tamala?

About 2,600 people born in the US named Tamala are alive today, with a median age of 56; half are between 51 and 62. That makes Tamala a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Tamala by state

How common Tamala was among girls born in each state in 1969–1973, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Alabama (2.6×), North Carolina (2.0×), Florida (1.6×), Georgia (1.6×), Missouri (1.6×). In 32 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesIL0.06Michigan: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesMI0.10New York: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesNY0.02Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesIN0.08Ohio: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesOH0.12Pennsylvania: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesPA0.01New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesCA0.04Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesMO0.13Kentucky: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesKY0.04West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesVA0.07Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesTN0.12North Carolina: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesNC0.17South Carolina: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesSC0.13District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesLA0.09Mississippi: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesMS0.12Alabama: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesAL0.21Georgia: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesGA0.13Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesTX0.11Florida: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesFL0.13
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Tamala, girls, 1969–1973. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Tamala

How popular is the name Tamala?

Tamala was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1971, when it ranked 801st with 176 babies. More babies were named Tamala in the 1960s than in any other decade.

Is Tamala a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 2,873 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Tamala most popular?

In 1969–1973, Tamala was most common in Alabama (0.21 per 1,000 girls), followed by North Carolina and South Carolina.