Pamala
Last seen for girls in 2001 at #10,102
- Peak · girls
- 1954 · 304 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,357since 1926
Pamala over time
Rank among girls' names. Pamala has never cracked the top 500 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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| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 |
| 1990 | #5,835 | 15 |
| 1989 | #6,531 | 12 |
| 1988 | #3,805 | 24 |
| 1987 | #4,660 | 17 |
| 1986 | #4,186 | 19 |
| 1985 | #3,517 | 24 |
| 1984 | #3,144 | 27 |
| 1983 | #2,853 | 30 |
| 1982 | #2,250 | 44 |
| 1981 | #2,305 | 43 |
| 1980 | #1,766 | 62 |
| 1979 | #2,273 | 42 |
| 1978 | #2,191 | 42 |
| 1977 | #2,162 | 43 |
| 1976 | #1,662 | 59 |
| 1975 | #1,326 | 82 |
| 1974 | #1,278 | 84 |
| 1973 | #1,058 | 109 |
| 1972 | #946 | 129 |
| 1971 | #886 | 150 |
| 1970 | #738 | 200 |
| 1969 | #723 | 193 |
| 1968 | #691 | 196 |
| 1967 | #629 | 228 |
| 1966 | #632 | 229 |
| 1965 | #691 | 202 |
| 1964 | #590 | 282 |
| 1963 | #599 | 276 |
| 1962 | #641 | 248 |
| 1961 | #632 | 261 |
| 1960 | #590 | 281 |
| 1959 | #548 | 313 |
| 1958 | #545 | 314 |
| 1957 | #587 | 270 |
| 1956 | #558 | 282 |
| 1955 | #570 | 256 |
| 1954 | #508 | 304 |
| 1953 | #537 | 259 |
| 1952 | #581 | 222 |
| 1951 | #671 | 170 |
| 1950 | #619 | 185 |
| 1949 | #587 | 199 |
| 1948 | #639 | 169 |
| 1947 | #626 | 180 |
| 1946 | #695 | 134 |
| 1945 | #790 | 90 |
| 1944 | #821 | 86 |
| 1943 | #1,124 | 51 |
| 1942 | #1,325 | 37 |
| 1941 | #1,501 | 27 |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 |
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| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 |
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| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Pamala! It came in at #4,851, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1926–1930, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Pamala is popular in 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- West Virginia#340 · 1 in 2,438
- Arkansas#396 · 1 in 2,617
- Mississippi#435 · 1 in 2,889
- Georgia#493 · 1 in 3,998
- Kentucky#506 · 1 in 4,751
Best ever in a state: #202 in Idaho, 1956.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| West Virginia | #340 | 5 | 1 in 2,438 |
| Arkansas | #396 | 5 | 1 in 2,617 |
| Mississippi | #435 | 6 | 1 in 2,889 |
| Georgia | #493 | 9 | 1 in 3,998 |
| Kentucky | #506 | 5 | 1 in 4,751 |
| Massachusetts | #565 | 5 | 1 in 6,845 |
| Missouri | #609 | 5 | 1 in 6,256 |
| Michigan | #693 | 8 | 1 in 7,737 |
| New Jersey | #781 | 5 | 1 in 8,147 |
| Texas | #990 | 9 | 1 in 10,708 |
| New York | #1,225 | 7 | 1 in 15,834 |
| California | #1,447 | 7 | 1 in 19,582 |
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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 Pamala
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2001
- Biggest jump: 303 spots in 1944 (#1,124 → #821)
- Biggest drop: 148 spots in 1971 (#738 → #886)
- Debuted 1926
- Peaked 1954 at #508 (304 births)
- Births halved by 1971, 17 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1944–1972
- Highest: 1 in 6,388 girls born in 1954 were named Pamala (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 200,069 girls born in 2001 (0.00%)
- 35.0% of all girls named Pamala (2,575) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,851 (1926) | #4,851 |
| 1930s | 24 | #3,181 (1938) | #3,923 |
| 1940s | 984 | #587 (1949) | #1,068 |
| 1950s | 2,575 | #508 (1954) | #572 |
| 1960s | 2,396 | #590 (1964) | #642 |
| 1970s | 940 | #738 (1970) | #1,452 |
| 1980s | 302 | #1,766 (1980) | #3,502 |
| 1990s | 117 | #5,835 (1990) | #7,516 |
| 2000s | 14 | #10,102 (2001) | #12,567 |
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.
Pamala in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 11,793 of them was named Pamala, which outranked 90.2% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).