Pamila

Peak · girls
1958 · 40 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
755
since 1941

Pamila over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Pamila has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank19401960198020002020peak #1,703, 1958girls
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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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1984#10,4225
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1982#9,2376
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1980#9,0956
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1978#9,7505
1977#6,8928
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1974#7,6806
1973#3,97115
1972#4,52312
1971#4,53412
1970#4,03814
1969#3,95813
1968#2,53824
1967#2,78120
1966#3,04017
1965#2,29327
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1963#2,30627
1962#2,26428
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1958#1,70340
1957#1,80836
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1955#1,87732
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1952#2,07424
1951#1,92126
1950#1,72030
1949#2,72614
1948#1,82027
1947#2,20020
1946#2,02421
1945#4,0256
1944#2,76211
1943#3,04010
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First appearance
1941

The first year at least five girls were named Pamila! It came in at #4,420, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1941–1942, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Pamila is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Pamila in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Pamila
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1984
Rise & fade · girls
17 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1941
  • Peaked 1958 at #1,703 (40 births)
  • Births halved by 1964, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 50,290
  • Highest: 1 in 50,290 girls born in 1958 were named Pamila (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 336,763 girls born in 1984 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 41.7% of all girls named Pamila (315) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s114#1,820 (1948)#2,877
1950s315#1,703 (1958)#1,871
1960s237#1,982 (1960)#2,624
1970s72#3,971 (1973)#5,913
1980s17#9,095 (1980)#9,585

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.

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