# Tamela (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tamela/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,186 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 7,186 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 19 | 5,396 |
| 1998 | 10 | 9,202 |
| 1999 | 11 | 8,742 |
| 2000 | 9 | 10,657 |
| 2001 | 11 | 9,295 |
| 2002 | 9 | 11,008 |
| 2003 | 9 | 11,234 |
| 2004 | 8 | 12,646 |
| 2005 | 5 | 18,893 |
| 2006 | 11 | 10,548 |
| 2007 | 7 | 15,312 |
| 2008 | 5 | 20,156 |
| 2011 | 7 | 14,695 |
| 2013 | 6 | 16,344 |
| 2018 | 6 | 15,476 |

## People named Tamela

- Tamela Mann, American actress and singer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.