Pam

Where Pam comes from

Clipping.
— Wiktionary's entry for Pam
Along the way
  1. 1915
    First appearance
    #4,274 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1948
    Pam Ferris born
    British actress
  3. 1959
    Peak, #125
    3,677 babies named Pam — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1965
    Pam Bondi born
    American attorney and politician
  5. 1965
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #246.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Pamela.
Namesakes
  • Pam Bondi · American attorney and politician, born 1965
  • Pam Ferris · British actress, born 1948
  • Pam Dawber · American actress, born 1951
  • Pam Tillis · American country music singer-songwriter and actress, born 1957
  • Pam Teeguarden · American tennis player, born 1951

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.