Tangelia — girls' name
284 babies named Tangelia in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Tangelia was born in this single decade.
29 babies were named Tangelia in 1972 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tangelia
The Social Security Administration has registered 284 babies named Tangelia between 1960 and 1989, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tangelia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 29 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tangelia performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 141 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tangelia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tangelia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tangelia 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 284 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.
Tangelia at a glance
Last recorded 1989Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tangelia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1960
- Peak year (1972)
- 29
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1989.
284 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1972 with 29 births in a single year.
Tangelia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 141 births that decade — 50% of Tangelia's all-time total
Tangelia decade highlights
- Peak decade 141 births
- Runner-up 106 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Tangelia's strongest decade
141 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Tangelia by state
Where Tangelia concentrates geographically — total births since 1960
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 2.1% |
6 of 284 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1960–1989 (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.