Girls' name · since 1958
Tammela
82 babies named Tammela in U.S. Social Security records since 1958, with the highest year being 1968. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,410 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 82
- born since 1958
- 1960s
- peak decade
Tammela sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 82 recorded since 1958.
Tammela has 82 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 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1958 to 1973.
- #29,410 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 82 born since 1958
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tammela ranks #29,410 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 82 born since 1958, peaking in the 1960s.
- #29,410 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 82
- born since 1958
- 1960s
- peak decade
Tammela's 82 recorded births place it above 59.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tammela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tammela splits its recorded history at 1966: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1958 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1968 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tammela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–1973
- Peak year (1968)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Tammela by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (65 births, 79% of the file).
1960s was Tammela's strongest decade.
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 79% of all-time use.
Tammela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
65 births
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 65 births (79% of all-time use).
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- Tammela's decade-level peak was the 1960s (65 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tammela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1968)
Similar record span (~15 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, 1958–1973 (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 Tammela 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.