Pam
Last seen for girls in 1996 at #13,518 · Last seen for boys in 1962 at #3,305
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1959 · 3,677 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 33,125since 1915
Pam over time
Rank among girls' names. Pam has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | — | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
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| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | — | |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | — | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | — | |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,318 | 17 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,109 | 18 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,344 | 25 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,411 | 24 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,931 | 29 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,629 | 32 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,341 | 38 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,387 | 34 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,756 | 53 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,386 | 74 | — | |
| 1973 | #990 | 120 | — | |
| 1972 | #738 | 189 | — | |
| 1971 | #673 | 230 | — | |
| 1970 | #560 | 327 | — | |
| 1969 | #498 | 382 | — | |
| 1968 | #418 | 503 | — | |
| 1967 | #368 | 600 | — | |
| 1966 | #297 | 852 | — | |
| 1965 | #246 | 1,218 | — | |
| 1964 | #196 | 1,870 | — | |
| 1963 | #166 | 2,384 | — | |
| 1962 | #150 | 2,811 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #144 | 3,083 | — | |
| 1960 | #132 | 3,406 | #2,685 | 10 |
| 1959 | #125 | 3,677 | — | |
| 1958 | #139 | 3,065 | — | |
| 1957 | #184 | 1,959 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #302 | 866 | — | |
| 1955 | #402 | 473 | — | |
| 1954 | #490 | 325 | — | |
| 1953 | #558 | 245 | — | |
| 1952 | #607 | 205 | — | |
| 1951 | #624 | 191 | — | |
| 1950 | #546 | 229 | — | |
| 1949 | #427 | 343 | — | |
| 1948 | #327 | 572 | — | |
| 1947 | #305 | 667 | — | |
| 1946 | #320 | 546 | — | |
| 1945 | #377 | 349 | — | |
| 1944 | #393 | 325 | — | |
| 1943 | #443 | 282 | — | |
| 1942 | #620 | 146 | — | |
| 1941 | #858 | 72 | — | |
| 1940 | #963 | 55 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,797 | 19 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,873 | 18 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,580 | 23 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,153 | 14 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,731 | 10 | — | |
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | #2,275 | 13 | — | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | — | |
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| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | — | |
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| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Pam! It came in at #4,274, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1915–1926, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Pam
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1996
- Biggest jump: 834 spots in 1940 (#1,797 → #963)
- Biggest drop: 396 spots in 1974 (#990 → #1,386)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1959 at #125 (3,677 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 34 yrs · run 1940–1973
- Highest: 1 in 550 girls born in 1959 were named Pam (0.18%)
- Latest: 1 in 350,601 girls born in 1996 (0.00%)
- 51.6% of all girls named Pam (17,109) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,274 (1915) | #4,274 |
| 1920s | 7 | #3,875 (1927) | #3,875 |
| 1930s | 116 | #1,580 (1937) | #2,664 |
| 1940s | 3,357 | #305 (1947) | #503 |
| 1950s | 11,235 | #125 (1959) | #398 |
| 1960s | 17,109 | #132 (1960) | #262 |
| 1970s | 1,126 | #560 (1970) | #1,639 |
| 1980s | 144 | #3,344 (1982) | #5,837 |
| 1990s | 26 | #7,880 (1990) | #11,556 |
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.
Pam in 1960
Top girls' names in 1960
Top boys' names in 1960
More about 1960
girls
2,021,941 girls got a published name in 1960; 1 in 594 of them was named Pam, which outranked 98.2% of the 7,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,132,320 boys got a published name in 1960; 1 in 213,232 of them was named Pam, which outranked 41.6% of the 4,598 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,535Ysidro11
- #2,535Zach11
- #2,535Zvi11
- #2,685Pam10
- #2,685Abran10
- #2,685Alejo10
- #2,685Alferd10
- #2,871Able9
- #2,871Adelbert9
- #2,871Adell9
Tied with 185 names at #2,685; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.