The first name Tamela
A girl’s name.
3 syllables Female
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Tamela at birth, 1880–2025
In 2018, 6 girls born in the United States were named Tamela, the 15,476th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1959, when 390 were.
7,186
babies named Tamela since 1880
#15,476
rank in 2018
1959
peak year
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Tamela
1 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Tamela MannAmerican actress and singer, born 1966
Questions
- Is Tamela a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 7,186 US babies named Tamela since 1880 were girls.
- When was Tamela most popular?
- 1959 in the United States, when 390 babies were named Tamela, its highest rank at 493rd.