Tamilla — girls' name
17 babies named Tamilla in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Tamilla was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Tamilla in 1970 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tamilla
The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Tamilla between 1967 and 1987, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tamilla currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1987. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tamilla performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 7 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tamilla shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tamilla 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 17 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.
Tamilla at a glance
Last recorded 1987Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tamilla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–1967
- Peak year (1970)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1987.
17 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 7 births in a single year.
Tamilla by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 7 births that decade — 41% of Tamilla's all-time total
Tamilla decade highlights
- Peak decade 7 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Tamilla's strongest decade
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
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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, 1967–1987 (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.