Tamula — girls' name
196 babies named Tamula in U.S. Social Security records since 1958, with the highest year being 1967. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
56% of everyone ever named Tamula was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Tamula in 1967 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tamula
The Social Security Administration has registered 196 babies named Tamula between 1958 and 1981, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tamula currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1967, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tamula performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 110 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Tamula shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tamula 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 196 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.
Tamula at a glance
Last recorded 1981Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tamula popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1958
- Peak year (1967)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1981.
196 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1967 with 14 births in a single year.
Tamula by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 110 births that decade — 56% of Tamula's all-time total
Tamula decade highlights
- Peak decade 110 births
- Runner-up 62 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Tamula's strongest decade
110 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% 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, 1958–1981 (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.