Girls' name · since 1967
Tangula
55 babies named Tangula in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1968. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #33,991 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 55
- born since 1967
- 1970s
- peak decade
55 girls have been named Tangula since 1967, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Tangula recorded 55 times among girls since 1967, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1967 to 1980.
- #33,991 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 55 born since 1967
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tangula ranks #33,991 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 55 born since 1967, peaking in the 1970s.
- #33,991 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 55
- born since 1967
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tangula's 55 recorded births place it above 52.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tangula's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tangula's full recorded timeline at 1971, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1970, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1968 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tangula popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–1980
- Peak year (1968)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Tangula by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (29 births, 53% of the file).
1970s was Tangula's strongest decade.
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Tangula births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
21 births
- 1970s
1970s
29 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 29 births (53% of all-time use).
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What to do with Tangula's data
- Tangula's decade-level peak was the 1970s (29 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tangula: 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 (~13 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, 1967–1980 (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 Tangula 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.