Tangela
- Last seen for girls in 2011 at #12,153
- Peak · girls
- 1971 · 193 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,784since 1956
Tangela over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Tangela has never cracked the top 700 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #8,716 | 12 |
| 2003 | #6,576 | 17 |
| 2002 | #7,816 | 13 |
| 2001 | #6,619 | 16 |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 |
| 1999 | #5,219 | 20 |
| 1998 | #4,366 | 25 |
| 1997 | #3,815 | 29 |
| 1996 | #3,505 | 32 |
| 1995 | #4,518 | 22 |
| 1994 | #2,432 | 52 |
| 1993 | #3,290 | 34 |
| 1992 | #2,687 | 45 |
| 1991 | #2,484 | 50 |
| 1990 | #2,737 | 42 |
| 1989 | #2,250 | 53 |
| 1988 | #2,032 | 58 |
| 1987 | #1,991 | 56 |
| 1986 | #1,562 | 77 |
| 1985 | #1,473 | 84 |
| 1984 | #1,279 | 98 |
| 1983 | #1,512 | 75 |
| 1982 | #1,268 | 101 |
| 1981 | #1,568 | 75 |
| 1980 | #1,227 | 107 |
| 1979 | #1,144 | 116 |
| 1978 | #1,150 | 111 |
| 1977 | #1,067 | 122 |
| 1976 | #1,055 | 116 |
| 1975 | #878 | 151 |
| 1974 | #882 | 146 |
| 1973 | #758 | 179 |
| 1972 | #769 | 180 |
| 1971 | #757 | 193 |
| 1970 | #871 | 153 |
| 1969 | #920 | 133 |
| 1968 | #906 | 130 |
| 1967 | #886 | 133 |
| 1966 | #872 | 132 |
| 1965 | #904 | 124 |
| 1964 | #1,091 | 100 |
| 1963 | #1,158 | 89 |
| 1962 | #1,332 | 69 |
| 1961 | #1,640 | 47 |
| 1960 | #1,695 | 44 |
| 1959 | #1,951 | 33 |
| 1958 | #2,506 | 21 |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 |
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First appearance
1956
The first year at least five girls were named Tangela! It came in at #4,161, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2005, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Tangela is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Tangela in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Tangela
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2011
- Biggest jump: 187 spots in 1965
- Biggest drop: 177 spots in 1976
Rise & fade · girls
15 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1956
- Peaked 1971 at #757 (193 births)
- Births halved by 1981, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1965–1975
Share of babies · girls
1 in 8,146
- Highest: 1 in 8,146 girls born in 1973 were named Tangela (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 219,883 girls born in 2011 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #757 in 1971, was only 1 in 8,621 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 38.8% of all girls named Tangela (1,467) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1950s | 75 | #1,951 (1959) | #3,027 |
| 1960s | 1,001 | #872 (1966) | #1,140 |
| 1970s | 1,467 | #757 (1971) | #933 |
| 1980s | 784 | #1,227 (1980) | #1,616 |
| 1990s | 351 | #2,432 (1994) | #3,505 |
| 2000s | 98 | #6,576 (2003) | #10,556 |
| 2010s | 8 | #12,153 (2011) | #12,153 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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