Pamelia

Last seen for girls in 1985 at #10,677

Peak · girls
1949 · 90 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,229
since 1897

Pamelia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Pamelia has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201957peak #935, 1949girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1985#10,6775
1984#7,3988
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1981#8,1287
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1979#9,0106
1978#6,9488
1977#8,4446
1976#4,61413
1975#6,4848
1974#6,2588
1973#3,34219
1972#4,09114
1971#2,54229
1970#2,20336
1969#2,39629
1968#2,24629
1967#1,98035
1966#1,95235
1965#1,51654
1964#1,48258
1963#1,34068
1962#1,31471
1961#1,21782
1960#1,23678
1959#1,13588
1958#1,14386
1957#1,20277
1956#1,22273
1955#1,06290
1954#952103
1953#1,01590
1952#1,02883
1951#1,04579
1950#1,06475
1949#93590
1948#1,04172
1947#1,21755
1946#1,14855
1945#1,15546
1944#1,29338
1943#1,55629
1942#1,55928
1941#2,09616
1940#1,84519
1939#2,20614
1938#2,34013
1937#2,10115
1936#1,87317
1935#2,57511
1934#3,8026
1933#1,90617
1932#3,0479
1931#2,75010
1930#3,0559
1929#2,58712
1928#2,76811
1927#4,2866
1926#3,8737
1925#4,9735
1924#3,6658
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1922#3,6558
1921#3,4009
1920#3,5988
1919#4,8145
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1915#4,2745
1914#2,26510
1913#3,1875
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First appearance
1897

The first year at least five girls were named Pamelia! It came in at #1,555, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1897–1913, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Pamelia is popular in 1957

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,184 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 23,424 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #565 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,231 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #511 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,678 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedLAMississippi: #497 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,214 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedALGeorgia: #447 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,600 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedHITexas: #1,237 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 23,088 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Pamelia, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Georgia#447 · 1 in 4,600
  2. Mississippi#497 · 1 in 5,214
  3. South Carolina#511 · 1 in 5,678
  4. North Carolina#565 · 1 in 7,231
  5. California#1,184 · 1 in 23,424

Best ever in a state: #377 in Alabama, 1948.

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Georgia#447101 in 4,600
Mississippi#49751 in 5,214
South Carolina#51151 in 5,678
North Carolina#56571 in 7,231
California#1,18471 in 23,424
Texas#1,23751 in 23,088
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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 Pamelia
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1985
  • Biggest jump: 106 spots in 1949 (#1,041 → #935)
  • Biggest drop: 129 spots in 1950 (#935 → #1,064)
Rise & fade · girls
52 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1897
  • Peaked 1949 at #935 (90 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1949–1954
Share of babies · girls
1 in 18,854
  • Highest: 1 in 18,854 girls born in 1954 were named Pamelia (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 344,166 girls born in 1985 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #935 in 1949, was only 1 in 19,010 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 37.9% of all girls named Pamelia (844) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s5#1,555 (1897)#1,555
1900s0——
1910s31#2,265 (1914)#3,725
1920s74#2,587 (1929)#3,645
1930s121#1,873 (1936)#2,566
1940s448#935 (1949)#1,385
1950s844#952 (1954)#1,087
1960s539#1,217 (1961)#1,668
1970s147#2,203 (1970)#5,394
1980s20#7,398 (1984)#8,734

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.

Pamelia in 1957

girls
#1,202
77 births · 1 in 26,557 girls

Top girls' names in 1957

  1. #1Mary61,102
  2. #2Susan45,954
  3. #3Linda44,517
  4. #4Debra42,728
  5. #5Karen40,591
  6. #6Deborah40,096
  7. #7Cynthia39,340
  8. #8Patricia39,283
  9. #9Barbara29,692
  10. #10Donna28,042
  11. #1,202Pamelia77
More about 1957

girls

2,044,851 girls got a published name in 1957; 1 in 26,557 of them was named Pamelia, which outranked 82.9% of the 7,015 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Pamelia
  1. #1,193Marquita78
  2. #1,193Melodee78
  3. #1,193Noel78
  4. #1,202Pamelia77
  5. #1,202Abbe77
  6. #1,202Becki77
  7. #1,202Cordelia77
  8. #1,211Alecia76
  9. #1,211Bernita76
  10. #1,211Dalia76

Tied with 8 names at #1,202; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,944Tammi#3,696 → #752
  2. ↑ 1,310Tamela#2,151 → #841
  3. ↑ 1,298Tammie#1,662 → #364
  4. ↑ 993Tia#1,968 → #975
  5. ↑ 676Tamera#1,287 → #611
Fallers
  1. ↓ 423Corliss#878 → #1,301
  2. ↓ 399Glynis#977 → #1,376
  3. ↓ 367Merrie#977 → #1,344
  4. ↓ 303Taryn#935 → #1,238
  5. ↓ 291Glendora#963 → #1,254

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1957 →