The baby name Tamela appears in baby name data for the United States from 1952 to 1996. It was most popular in 1959 with 460 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Tamela has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1952 | 10 |
| 1955 | 22 |
| 1956 | 5 |
| 1957 | 124 |
| 1958 | 394 |
| 1959 | 460 |
| 1960 | 451 |
| 1961 | 449 |
| 1962 | 435 |
| 1963 | 418 |
| 1964 | 454 |
| 1965 | 352 |
| 1966 | 456 |
| 1967 | 419 |
| 1968 | 354 |
| 1969 | 351 |
| 1970 | 368 |
| 1971 | 322 |
| 1972 | 145 |
| 1973 | 154 |
| 1974 | 166 |
| 1975 | 150 |
| 1976 | 97 |
| 1977 | 68 |
| 1978 | 90 |
| 1979 | 87 |
| 1980 | 81 |
| 1981 | 49 |
| 1982 | 58 |
| 1983 | 51 |
| 1984 | 38 |
| 1985 | 20 |
| 1986 | 44 |
| 1987 | 14 |
| 1988 | 24 |
| 1989 | 14 |
| 1990 | 12 |
| 1996 | 5 |