Pamella
Last seen for girls in 2015 at #16,419
- Peak · girls
- 1954 · 149 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,166since 1928
Pamella over time
Rank among girls' names. Pamella has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 |
| 1989 | #6,531 | 12 |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 |
| 1986 | #5,188 | 14 |
| 1985 | #4,860 | 15 |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 |
| 1982 | #4,167 | 18 |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 |
| 1980 | #4,327 | 17 |
| 1979 | #5,427 | 12 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 |
| 1975 | #3,404 | 20 |
| 1974 | #2,757 | 26 |
| 1973 | #3,787 | 16 |
| 1972 | #2,820 | 24 |
| 1971 | #2,212 | 36 |
| 1970 | #2,267 | 34 |
| 1969 | #1,927 | 42 |
| 1968 | #1,834 | 42 |
| 1967 | #1,702 | 45 |
| 1966 | #1,291 | 70 |
| 1965 | #1,575 | 50 |
| 1964 | #1,482 | 58 |
| 1963 | #1,305 | 71 |
| 1962 | #1,266 | 76 |
| 1961 | #1,162 | 90 |
| 1960 | #1,039 | 107 |
| 1959 | #933 | 126 |
| 1958 | #925 | 124 |
| 1957 | #834 | 148 |
| 1956 | #822 | 144 |
| 1955 | #797 | 146 |
| 1954 | #766 | 149 |
| 1953 | #782 | 137 |
| 1952 | #994 | 90 |
| 1951 | #961 | 93 |
| 1950 | #900 | 97 |
| 1949 | #843 | 110 |
| 1948 | #876 | 99 |
| 1947 | #815 | 115 |
| 1946 | #927 | 81 |
| 1945 | #914 | 68 |
| 1944 | #874 | 76 |
| 1943 | #996 | 63 |
| 1942 | #1,367 | 35 |
| 1941 | #1,696 | 22 |
| 1940 | #1,591 | 24 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Pamella! It came in at #4,725, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1928–1929, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Pamella is popular in 1946
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Ohio#628 · 1 in 12,811
- Illinois#676 · 1 in 13,026
- California#831 · 1 in 14,184
- New York#918 · 1 in 26,506
Best ever in a state: #277 in Iowa, 1943.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Ohio | #628 | 6 | 1 in 12,811 |
| Illinois | #676 | 6 | 1 in 13,026 |
| California | #831 | 7 | 1 in 14,184 |
| New York | #918 | 5 | 1 in 26,506 |
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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 Pamella
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2015
- Biggest jump: 371 spots in 1943 (#1,367 → #996)
- Biggest drop: 106 spots in 1960 (#933 → #1,039)
- Debuted 1928
- Peaked 1954 at #766 (149 births)
- Births halved by 1963, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1943–1959
- Highest: 1 in 13,033 girls born in 1954 were named Pamella (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 357,020 girls born in 2015 (0.00%)
- 39.6% of all girls named Pamella (1,254) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,725 (1928) | #4,725 |
| 1930s | 59 | #2,417 (1939) | #3,179 |
| 1940s | 693 | #815 (1947) | #1,090 |
| 1950s | 1,254 | #766 (1954) | #871 |
| 1960s | 651 | #1,039 (1960) | #1,458 |
| 1970s | 200 | #2,212 (1971) | #4,035 |
| 1980s | 140 | #3,990 (1984) | #5,446 |
| 1990s | 68 | #8,766 (1995) | #11,218 |
| 2000s | 74 | #8,758 (2001) | #11,923 |
| 2010s | 22 | #14,558 (2014) | #15,668 |
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.
Pamella in 1946
Top girls' names in 1946
More about 1946
girls
1,571,305 girls got a published name in 1946; 1 in 19,399 of them was named Pamella, which outranked 83.7% 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).