Girls' name · since 1968
Tongela
79 babies named Tongela in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,821 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 79
- born since 1968
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tongela sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 79 recorded since 1968.
Social Security Administration records show Tongela recorded 79 times among girls since 1968, 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 1968 to 1980.
- #29,821 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 79 born since 1968
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tongela ranks #29,821 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 79 born since 1968, peaking in the 1970s.
- #29,821 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 79
- born since 1968
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tongela's 79 recorded births place it above 58.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tongela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tongela's SSA record in two at 1972 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1969, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 1970 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tongela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–1980
- Peak year (1970)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Tongela by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (60 births, 76% of the file).
1970s was Tongela's strongest decade.
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Tongela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 13
1960s
13 births
- 1970s
1970s
60 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 60 births (76% of all-time use).
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- Tongela's decade-level peak was the 1970s (60 total births); usage has since declined to 6 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Tongela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~12 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, 1968–1980 (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 Tongela 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.