Tamela is an uncommon girls' name that peaked in 1959 and has since faded.
Tamela is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2018. Tamela was first reported in SSA data in 1947 and peaked in 1959 (390 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6 | 6 | #15,476 |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 | #16,344 |
| 2011 | 7 | 7 | #14,695 |
| 2008 | 5 | 5 | #20,156 |
| 2007 | 7 | 7 | #15,312 |
| 2006 | 11 | 11 | #10,548 |
| 2005 | 5 | 5 | #18,893 |
| 2004 | 8 | 8 | #12,646 |
| 2003 | 9 | 9 | #11,234 |
| 2002 | 9 | 9 | #11,008 |
| 2001 | 11 | 11 | #9,295 |
| 2000 | 9 | 9 | #10,657 |
| 1999 | 11 | 11 | #8,742 |
| 1998 | 10 | 10 | #9,202 |
| 1997 | 19 | — | #5,396 |
| 1996 | 17 | — | #5,751 |
| 1995 | 15 | — | #6,233 |
| 1994 | 20 | — | #5,003 |
| 1993 | 27 | — | #3,979 |
| 1992 | 31 | — | #3,572 |
| 1991 | 41 | — | #2,878 |
| 1990 | 35 | — | #3,220 |
| 1989 | 37 | — | #2,981 |
| 1988 | 43 | — | #2,533 |
| 1987 | 49 | — | #2,233 |
| 1986 | 64 | — | #1,800 |
| 1985 | 61 | — | #1,854 |
| 1984 | 68 | — | #1,631 |
| 1983 | 74 | — | #1,530 |
| 1982 | 88 | — | #1,396 |
| 1981 | 82 | — | #1,489 |
| 1980 | 108 | — | #1,226 |
| 1979 | 105 | — | #1,236 |
| 1978 | 106 | — | #1,192 |
| 1977 | 105 | — | #1,182 |
| 1976 | 135 | — | #948 |
| 1975 | 157 | — | #857 |
| 1974 | 176 | — | #781 |
| 1973 | 159 | — | #829 |
| 1972 | 192 | — | #732 |
| 1971 | 292 | — | #595 |
| 1970 | 308 | — | #579 |
| 1969 | 316 | — | #556 |
| 1968 | 315 | — | #542 |
| 1967 | 326 | — | #524 |
| 1966 | 352 | — | #501 |
| 1965 | 286 | — | #565 |
| 1964 | 360 | — | #516 |
| 1963 | 356 | — | #515 |
| 1962 | 363 | — | #511 |
| 1961 | 379 | — | #499 |
| 1960 | 383 | — | #494 |
| 1959 | 390 | — | #493 |
| 1958 | 331 | — | #536 |
| 1957 | 146 | — | #844 |
| 1956 | 26 | — | #2,190 |
| 1955 | 27 | — | #2,101 |
| 1954 | 23 | — | #2,289 |
| 1953 | 16 | — | #2,798 |
| 1952 | 15 | — | #2,915 |
| 1951 | 11 | — | #3,467 |
| 1950 | 12 | — | #3,216 |
| 1949 | 7 | — | #4,621 |
| 1948 | 8 | — | #4,173 |
| 1947 | 10 | — | #3,677 |