How Many People Are Named Tamela?
people named Tamela are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 52,801 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,186 babies named Tamela in Social Security records from 1947 to 2018, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
390 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Probably a combination of TAMARA and PAMELA. It first arose in the 1950s.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Tamela in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Tamela alive today is about 56 years old, and 56% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 51 and 63 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Tamela first appears in the records in 1947 and was given most often in 1959, to 390 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2018.
Babies given the name each year, 1947 to 2018
🏆 Rank History
Tamela has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #493, in 1959.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #493 (1959) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #520 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Tamela alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Tamela were born in Ohio than in any other state: about 490 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Tamela was given 3.9 times as often in West Virginia, 2.7 times in Alabama and 2.4 times in Kentucky.
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