How popular is the name Tamela?

Tamela ranks 1,682nd among girls' names in US records, with 7,281 births since 1947. Over the past decade it accounts for 19.

Is Tamela a unisex name?

No. Tamela is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1959, when 398 children were given the name. It last appears in the record in 2018.

Tamella. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#1,682 of girl names

Pronounced T AE1 M EH1 L AH0 (ARPABET)

Tamela is a girls' name, and first appears in 1947. It has been given to 7,281 children — the 1,682nd most common girls' name on record.

It has left circulation; 2018 is the last year it appears. Its best single year was 1959, when 398 children were given it.

Tamella is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

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These spellings sound identical to Tamela and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Tamela?: Tamela ranks 1,682nd among girls' names in US records, with 7,281 births since 1947. Over the past decade it accounts for 19.
Is Tamela a unisex name?: No. Tamela is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Tamela most popular?: 1959, when 398 children were given the name. It last appears in the record in 2018.
How else is Tamela spelled?: Tamella. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.