Tangela — girls' name

What the Data Says About Tangela

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,784 babies named Tangela between 1956 and 2011, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tangela currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 193 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tangela performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 1,467 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Tangela shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 860 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Tangela in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tangela 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 3,784 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.