Quick answers about Tamela
How many people are named Tamela?
An estimated 5,966 living Americans are named Tamela.
How rare is Tamela?
Tamela fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Tamela?
The median age of a living American named Tamela is approximately 58 years, with most bearers falling between 51 and 64 years old.
Is Tamela still popular?
Not especially. Tamela has been declining since its 1959 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Tamela most common?
Tamela has its strongest geographic signal in West Virginia, where it appears 5.0× more often than the national baseline.
1947Peak 19592025
Where it lives now
Tamela is most concentrated in Alabama — about 3.3× the national rate in the 1970s. It also runs high in Mississippi.
States where Tamela is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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