Tangala — girls' name

What the Data Says About Tangala

The Social Security Administration has registered 97 babies named Tangala between 1964 and 1982, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tangala currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1982. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tangala performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 55 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tangala shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tangala in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tangala 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 97 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.