Tamila
Feminine
Tamila is a three-syllable name that sounds close to Tamil, the name of one of the world's oldest living literary languages. It is soft at the start and light at the end.
How old is the name Tamila?
Tamila first appears in US birth records in 1957 — 68 years ago. The typical Tamila alive today was born around 1971, making them about 54 years old. About 500 people named Tamila are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Tamila most popular?
Tamila peaked in 1968, reaching #2205 nationally. See the whole 1968 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Tamila
Tamil is spoken by tens of millions in southern India and Sri Lanka, and its oldest poems, the Sangam anthologies, sort love and war by landscape: mountains for lovers' meetings, seashore for waiting, wasteland for separation. That tradition has run unbroken for about two thousand years. Tamila shares its sound with the language's name and with Tamara and Camila, and belongs to none of them, a name built in America that happens to echo one of the great literatures of the world.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source records the origin of the American name Tamila. It resembles Tamil and names like Tamara and Camila, but no record ties it to any of them.
Pronouncing Tamila
tuh-MEE-luh
Most families stress the middle syllable. Some say TAM-ih-luh.
Nicknames for Tamila
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1957
- Most girls named
- 196830 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2205reached in 1968
- Change vs 2018
- −16.7%5 in 2023, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Tamilas among us
people named Tamila are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Tamila sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It is easy to say and has a gentle rhythm.
- Tami and Mila give two different short forms.
- People will hear Camila or Tamara and spell it accordingly.
- There is no recorded meaning to give when someone asks.
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Frequently asked
- How many Tamilas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Tamila are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Tamila in 2025?
- Tamila is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Tamila with classmates?
- Tamila will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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