Pamela
#2,239 for girls in 2025, 82 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #11,356
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1953 · 25,760 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 39 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 595,076since 1895
Pamela over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,239 | 82 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,150 | 88 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,934 | 102 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,034 | 95 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,801 | 112 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,668 | 123 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,495 | 146 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,585 | 136 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,451 | 155 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,300 | 184 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,399 | 167 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,289 | 185 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,171 | 205 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,148 | 215 | — | |
| 2011 | #961 | 266 | — | |
| 2010 | #983 | 258 | — | |
| 2009 | #842 | 331 | — | |
| 2008 | #671 | 455 | — | |
| 2007 | #582 | 516 | — | |
| 2006 | #532 | 568 | — | |
| 2005 | #618 | 457 | — | |
| 2004 | #527 | 540 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #446 | 673 | — | |
| 2002 | #517 | 530 | — | |
| 2001 | #483 | 578 | — | |
| 2000 | #457 | 607 | — | |
| 1999 | #421 | 655 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #388 | 714 | — | |
| 1997 | #359 | 770 | — | |
| 1996 | #341 | 814 | — | |
| 1995 | #385 | 687 | — | |
| 1994 | #352 | 748 | — | |
| 1993 | #324 | 806 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #301 | 920 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #259 | 1,085 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #238 | 1,194 | #4,673 | 11 |
| 1989 | #199 | 1,331 | #4,271 | 12 |
| 1988 | #184 | 1,510 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #153 | 1,784 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1986 | #138 | 2,016 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #116 | 2,468 | #3,805 | 11 |
| 1984 | #104 | 2,642 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #91 | 3,029 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #82 | 3,546 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1981 | #76 | 3,881 | #3,412 | 12 |
| 1980 | #86 | 3,533 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #90 | 3,365 | #3,168 | 13 |
| 1978 | #109 | 2,690 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #102 | 2,830 | #2,910 | 14 |
| 1976 | #84 | 3,364 | #2,245 | 20 |
| 1975 | #70 | 4,177 | #2,450 | 17 |
| 1974 | #54 | 5,272 | #2,050 | 21 |
| 1973 | #47 | 5,813 | #2,036 | 20 |
| 1972 | #34 | 7,472 | #1,966 | 21 |
| 1971 | #28 | 10,149 | #1,272 | 43 |
| 1970 | #26 | 12,907 | #1,159 | 51 |
| 1969 | #24 | 13,355 | #989 | 60 |
| 1968 | #20 | 14,031 | #1,206 | 40 |
| 1967 | #17 | 15,368 | #1,043 | 49 |
| 1966 | #15 | 16,249 | #1,216 | 38 |
| 1965 | #12 | 17,467 | #1,271 | 36 |
| 1964 | #11 | 19,823 | #1,219 | 40 |
| 1963 | #14 | 20,593 | #947 | 63 |
| 1962 | #13 | 21,270 | #1,311 | 35 |
| 1961 | #15 | 21,691 | #1,136 | 48 |
| 1960 | #14 | 22,092 | #1,058 | 53 |
| 1959 | #12 | 24,714 | #1,265 | 38 |
| 1958 | #11 | 25,279 | #1,001 | 58 |
| 1957 | #12 | 25,015 | #1,100 | 48 |
| 1956 | #12 | 26,928 | #1,193 | 41 |
| 1955 | #12 | 26,690 | #1,219 | 38 |
| 1954 | #12 | 27,361 | #1,227 | 37 |
| 1953 | #10 | 25,760 | #1,331 | 32 |
| 1952 | #17 | 20,879 | #1,347 | 31 |
| 1951 | #16 | 18,570 | #1,430 | 27 |
| 1950 | #17 | 16,202 | #1,395 | 27 |
| 1949 | #21 | 15,132 | #1,544 | 23 |
| 1948 | #22 | 14,281 | #1,378 | 28 |
| 1947 | #28 | 12,398 | #1,394 | 28 |
| 1946 | #34 | 9,367 | #1,409 | 25 |
| 1945 | #42 | 6,169 | #1,852 | 14 |
| 1944 | #44 | 6,204 | #1,400 | 23 |
| 1943 | #54 | 4,839 | #1,529 | 21 |
| 1942 | #106 | 2,632 | #2,523 | 9 |
| 1941 | #155 | 1,468 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | #251 | 631 | — | |
| 1939 | #347 | 337 | — | |
| 1938 | #369 | 314 | — | |
| 1937 | #399 | 264 | — | |
| 1936 | #434 | 220 | — | |
| 1935 | #458 | 194 | — | |
| 1934 | #535 | 147 | — | |
| 1933 | #629 | 108 | — | |
| 1932 | #692 | 96 | — | |
| 1931 | #667 | 99 | — | |
| 1930 | #717 | 94 | — | |
| 1929 | #666 | 110 | — | |
| 1928 | #703 | 100 | — | |
| 1927 | #911 | 67 | — | |
| 1926 | #843 | 76 | — | |
| 1925 | #861 | 75 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,096 | 51 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,076 | 50 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,269 | 38 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,409 | 33 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,584 | 27 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,745 | 22 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,029 | 18 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,996 | 17 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,498 | 12 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,571 | 22 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,465 | 16 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,297 | 17 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 | — | |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | — | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 | — | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | — | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 | — | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 | — | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Pamela! It came in at #1,592, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1895–1897, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Pamela is popular in 1946
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Nevada#12 · 1 in 45
- Maine#15 · 1 in 91
- California#16 · 1 in 84
- Utah#17 · 1 in 88
- Washington#18 · 1 in 81
Best ever in a state: #3 in West Virginia, 1959.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada | #12 | 21 | 1 in 45 |
| Maine | #15 | 92 | 1 in 91 |
| California | #16 | 1,184 | 1 in 84 |
| Utah | #17 | 83 | 1 in 88 |
| Washington | #18 | 276 | 1 in 81 |
| Indiana | #19 | 414 | 1 in 91 |
| Oregon | #20 | 146 | 1 in 87 |
| Iowa | #22 | 269 | 1 in 91 |
| Illinois | #24 | 704 | 1 in 111 |
| Michigan | #24 | 575 | 1 in 108 |
| Connecticut | #25 | 154 | 1 in 114 |
| Kansas | #27 | 126 | 1 in 132 |
| Nebraska | #27 | 99 | 1 in 117 |
| Ohio | #27 | 629 | 1 in 122 |
| Idaho | #28 | 40 | 1 in 128 |
| Florida | #29 | 163 | 1 in 149 |
| New Hampshire | #29 | 44 | 1 in 104 |
| Colorado | #30 | 95 | 1 in 134 |
| Minnesota | #30 | 218 | 1 in 136 |
| Wyoming | #31 | 16 | 1 in 126 |
| Hawaii | #32 | 34 | 1 in 140 |
| Missouri | #32 | 240 | 1 in 153 |
| District of Columbia | #33 | 79 | 1 in 135 |
| Massachusetts | #33 | 359 | 1 in 124 |
| South Dakota | #35 | 41 | 1 in 138 |
| Oklahoma | #36 | 137 | 1 in 159 |
| Montana | #37 | 28 | 1 in 173 |
| Vermont | #38 | 24 | 1 in 130 |
| Wisconsin | #38 | 194 | 1 in 169 |
| Maryland | #40 | 119 | 1 in 177 |
| Arizona | #43 | 37 | 1 in 194 |
| Alaska | #44 | 5 | 1 in 115 |
| Texas | #47 | 369 | 1 in 225 |
| West Virginia | #47 | 104 | 1 in 210 |
| Rhode Island | #48 | 43 | 1 in 163 |
| New York | #50 | 657 | 1 in 202 |
| North Dakota | #50 | 31 | 1 in 199 |
| Kentucky | #53 | 144 | 1 in 225 |
| Virginia | #54 | 132 | 1 in 245 |
| New Jersey | #59 | 190 | 1 in 218 |
| North Carolina | #61 | 152 | 1 in 307 |
| New Mexico | #65 | 29 | 1 in 252 |
| Tennessee | #66 | 108 | 1 in 334 |
| Pennsylvania | #67 | 375 | 1 in 265 |
| Delaware | #70 | 11 | 1 in 247 |
| Louisiana | #79 | 98 | 1 in 309 |
| Arkansas | #100 | 44 | 1 in 479 |
| Georgia | #105 | 86 | 1 in 459 |
| Alabama | #124 | 64 | 1 in 554 |
| South Carolina | #137 | 42 | 1 in 613 |
| Mississippi | #148 | 43 | 1 in 617 |
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 Pamela
- 89 spots since 2024 (#2,150 → #2,239)
- 571 spots since 2020 (#1,668 → #2,239)
- 840 spots since 2015 (#1,399 → #2,239)
- Biggest jump: 235 spots in 1925 (#1,096 → #861)
- Biggest drop: 187 spots in 2012 (#961 → #1,148)
- Debuted 1895
- Peaked 1953 at #10 (25,760 births)
- Births halved by 1971, 18 yrs later
- Top 10: 1 yr · 1953
- Top 100: 39 yrs · run 1943–1976
- Top 1,000: 87 yrs · run 1925–2011
- Highest: 1 in 71 girls born in 1954 were named Pamela (1.4%)
- Latest: 1 in 19,601 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #10 in 1953, was only 1 in 73 (1.4%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 39.9% of all girls named Pamela (237,398) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 11 | #1,502 (1898) | #1,547 |
| 1900s | 11 | #1,727 (1906) | #1,802 |
| 1910s | 150 | #1,297 (1912) | #1,869 |
| 1920s | 627 | #666 (1929) | #1,042 |
| 1930s | 1,873 | #347 (1939) | #525 |
| 1940s | 73,121 | #21 (1949) | #76 |
| 1950s | 237,398 | #10 (1953) | #13 |
| 1960s | 181,939 | #11 (1964) | #16 |
| 1970s | 58,039 | #26 (1970) | #64 |
| 1980s | 25,740 | #76 (1981) | #123 |
| 1990s | 8,393 | #238 (1990) | #337 |
| 2000s | 5,255 | #446 (2003) | #568 |
| 2010s | 1,917 | #961 (2011) | #1,278 |
| 2020s | 602 | #1,668 (2020) | #1,971 |
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.
Pamela in 1946
Top girls' names in 1946
Top boys' names in 1946
More about 1946
girls
1,571,305 girls got a published name in 1946; 1 in 168 of them was named Pamela, which outranked 99.4% of the 5,686 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,624,023 boys got a published name in 1946; 1 in 64,961 of them was named Pamela, which outranked 64.9% of the 4,018 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,382Timmie26
- #1,382Virginia26
- #1,382Wendel26
- #1,409Pamela25
- #1,409Anastacio25
- #1,409Bernice25
- #1,409Berton25
- #1,440Arnoldo24
- #1,440Barnett24
- #1,440Clearence24
Tied with 30 names at #1,409; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.