Pam

Where Pam comes from

Clipping.
— Wiktionary's entry for Pam
Pam through the years
  1. 1915
    First appearance
    #4,274 among girls with 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, the most in any year.
  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.