Pam
Last seen for girls in 1996 at #13,518 · Last seen for boys in 1962 at #3,305
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1959 · 3,677 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 33,125since 1915
Pam over time
Rank among girls' names. Pam has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | — | |
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| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | — | |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | — | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | — | |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,318 | 17 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,109 | 18 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,344 | 25 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,411 | 24 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,931 | 29 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,629 | 32 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,341 | 38 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,387 | 34 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,756 | 53 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,386 | 74 | — | |
| 1973 | #990 | 120 | — | |
| 1972 | #738 | 189 | — | |
| 1971 | #673 | 230 | — | |
| 1970 | #560 | 327 | — | |
| 1969 | #498 | 382 | — | |
| 1968 | #418 | 503 | — | |
| 1967 | #368 | 600 | — | |
| 1966 | #297 | 852 | — | |
| 1965 | #246 | 1,218 | — | |
| 1964 | #196 | 1,870 | — | |
| 1963 | #166 | 2,384 | — | |
| 1962 | #150 | 2,811 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #144 | 3,083 | — | |
| 1960 | #132 | 3,406 | #2,685 | 10 |
| 1959 | #125 | 3,677 | — | |
| 1958 | #139 | 3,065 | — | |
| 1957 | #184 | 1,959 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #302 | 866 | — | |
| 1955 | #402 | 473 | — | |
| 1954 | #490 | 325 | — | |
| 1953 | #558 | 245 | — | |
| 1952 | #607 | 205 | — | |
| 1951 | #624 | 191 | — | |
| 1950 | #546 | 229 | — | |
| 1949 | #427 | 343 | — | |
| 1948 | #327 | 572 | — | |
| 1947 | #305 | 667 | — | |
| 1946 | #320 | 546 | — | |
| 1945 | #377 | 349 | — | |
| 1944 | #393 | 325 | — | |
| 1943 | #443 | 282 | — | |
| 1942 | #620 | 146 | — | |
| 1941 | #858 | 72 | — | |
| 1940 | #963 | 55 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,797 | 19 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,873 | 18 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,580 | 23 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,153 | 14 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,731 | 10 | — | |
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| 1933 | #2,275 | 13 | — | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | — | |
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| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | — | |
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| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Pam! It came in at #4,274, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1915–1926, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Pam is popular in 1940
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Oregon#210 · 1 in 1,427
- California#440 · 1 in 4,539
Best ever in a state: #57 in Nevada, 1959.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Oregon | #210 | 5 | 1 in 1,427 |
| California | #440 | 11 | 1 in 4,539 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Pam
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1996
- Biggest jump: 834 spots in 1940 (#1,797 → #963)
- Biggest drop: 396 spots in 1974 (#990 → #1,386)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1959 at #125 (3,677 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 34 yrs · run 1940–1973
- Highest: 1 in 550 girls born in 1959 were named Pam (0.18%)
- Latest: 1 in 350,601 girls born in 1996 (0.00%)
- 51.6% of all girls named Pam (17,109) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,274 (1915) | #4,274 |
| 1920s | 7 | #3,875 (1927) | #3,875 |
| 1930s | 116 | #1,580 (1937) | #2,664 |
| 1940s | 3,357 | #305 (1947) | #503 |
| 1950s | 11,235 | #125 (1959) | #398 |
| 1960s | 17,109 | #132 (1960) | #262 |
| 1970s | 1,126 | #560 (1970) | #1,639 |
| 1980s | 144 | #3,344 (1982) | #5,837 |
| 1990s | 26 | #7,880 (1990) | #11,556 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Pam in 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 20,791 of them was named Pam, which outranked 80.8% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).