Is Tangela a boy or girl name?

Tangela is a girl’s name. Of the 3,784 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

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Tangela

Recorded 1956–2011 · United States

Tangela was most popular in 1971, when 193 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,325 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,784 people named Tangela.

Tangela over time

Births per year. The dot marks Tangela’s peak in 1971. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Tangela a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Tangela is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 3,784 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Tangela

Where Tangela is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org