Tamel — boys' name
83 babies named Tamel in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Tamel was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Tamel in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tamel
The Social Security Administration has registered 83 babies named Tamel between 1976 and 2007, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tamel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tamel performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 34 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Tamel shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 27 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tamel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tamel 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 83 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.
Tamel at a glance
Last recorded 2007Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tamel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1976
- Peak year (1991)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2007.
83 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 10 births in a single year.
Tamel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 34 births that decade — 41% of Tamel's all-time total
Tamel decade highlights
- Peak decade 34 births
- Runner-up 25 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Tamel's strongest decade
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Tamel by state
Where Tamel concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 27 | 32.5% |
27 of 83 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 32.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 32.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1976–2007 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.