How Many People Are Named Tangela?
An estimated 3,392 people in the United States have the first name Tangela. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 49 years old, and Tangela peaked in popularity in 1971 with 193 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Tangela as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Tangela paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
3,392
About 1 in 101,048 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
49
years old
Peak Year
1971
193 births
Total Registered
3,784
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Tangela
Tangela is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 3,784 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Tangela as a female name
Ranked #13,236 in 2011
8 female births in 2011
Peak: 1971 (193 births)
Tangela: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Tangela span from the 1950s to the 2010s, covering 7 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1970s, when 1,467 babies were registered. Tangela has declined significantly from its peak in the 1970s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Tangela by Decade
How has Tangela tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Tangela by State
Birth registrations for Tangela span all 21 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in Florida, Georgia, Texas. The lowest are in Missouri, Indiana, Arkansas. On average, about 116 Tangelas were registered per state.
Tangela + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Tangela as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Tangela
Other first names starting with T with a similar number of bearers.
Tangela: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Tangela?
We estimate approximately 3,392 people named Tangela are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 101,048 Americans share this first name.
Is Tangela a common name?
Tangela is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 95.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 3,784 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Tangela most popular?
Tangela reached peak popularity in 1971, when 193 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Tangela is approximately 49 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Tangela a female name?
Tangela is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Tangela Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Tangela Smith, Tangela Johnson, Tangela Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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