Pamla

Peak · girls
1949 · 35 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
795
since 1941

Pamla over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank19401960198020002020peak #1,564, 1949girls
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1985#9,3076
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1982#10,5175
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1977#8,4446
1976#8,1566
1975#4,37014
1974#4,72012
1973#4,15514
1972#4,09114
1971#3,65217
1970#2,70526
1969#2,70424
1968#2,96919
1967#2,01234
1966#2,51923
1965#2,46424
1964#2,15131
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1962#2,21029
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1959#2,02131
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1957#2,27624
1956#2,00529
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1954#2,29522
1953#1,56539
1952#2,07424
1951#2,06423
1950#2,05322
1949#1,56435
1948#2,82813
1947#2,63715
1946#2,59714
1945#2,33914
1944#2,19916
1943#2,55813
1942#3,7387
1941#4,4205
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First appearance
1941

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


Quietest stretch: 1978–1984, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Pamla is popular in 2025

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

See more about Pamla
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1985
Rise & fade · girls
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1941
  • Peaked 1949 at #1,564 (35 births)
  • Births halved by 1971, 22 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 48,238
  • Highest: 1 in 48,238 girls born in 1953 were named Pamla (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 286,805 girls born in 1985 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,564 in 1949, was only 1 in 48,882 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 34.0% of all girls named Pamla (270) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s132#1,564 (1949)#2,764
1950s270#1,565 (1953)#2,049
1960s268#2,012 (1967)#2,377
1970s109#2,705 (1970)#5,037
1980s16#9,307 (1985)#10,072

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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