Girls' name · since 1958
Tamelia
165 babies named Tamelia in U.S. Social Security records since 1958, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,800 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 165
- born since 1958
- 1970s
- peak decade
165 girls have been named Tamelia since 1958, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Tamelia has 165 recorded births among girls since 1958, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1958 to 1986.
- #21,800 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 165 born since 1958
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tamelia ranks #21,800 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 165 born since 1958, peaking in the 1970s.
- #21,800 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 165
- born since 1958
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tamelia's 165 recorded births place it above 69.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tamelia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tamelia splits its recorded history at 1974: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1960 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1977 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tamelia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–1986
- Peak year (1977)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Tamelia by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (64 births, 39% of the file).
1970s was Tamelia's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Tamelia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1960s
1960s
54 births
- 1970s
1970s
64 births
- 1980s
1980s
41 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 64 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Tamelia's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (64 total births) through the 1980s (41) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tamelia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~28 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1958–1986 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Tamelia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.