Tamala — girls' name

What the Data Says About Tamala

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,873 babies named Tamala between 1950 and 2005, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tamala currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 176 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tamala performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 1,189 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Tamala shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 205 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Tamala in 25 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tamala in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,873 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.