Pamela
#2,239 for girls in 2025, 82 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #11,356
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1953 · 25,760 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 39 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 595,076since 1895
Pamela over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,239 | 82 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,150 | 88 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,934 | 102 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,034 | 95 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,801 | 112 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,668 | 123 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,495 | 146 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,585 | 136 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,451 | 155 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,300 | 184 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,399 | 167 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,289 | 185 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,171 | 205 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,148 | 215 | — | |
| 2011 | #961 | 266 | — | |
| 2010 | #983 | 258 | — | |
| 2009 | #842 | 331 | — | |
| 2008 | #671 | 455 | — | |
| 2007 | #582 | 516 | — | |
| 2006 | #532 | 568 | — | |
| 2005 | #618 | 457 | — | |
| 2004 | #527 | 540 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #446 | 673 | — | |
| 2002 | #517 | 530 | — | |
| 2001 | #483 | 578 | — | |
| 2000 | #457 | 607 | — | |
| 1999 | #421 | 655 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #388 | 714 | — | |
| 1997 | #359 | 770 | — | |
| 1996 | #341 | 814 | — | |
| 1995 | #385 | 687 | — | |
| 1994 | #352 | 748 | — | |
| 1993 | #324 | 806 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #301 | 920 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #259 | 1,085 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #238 | 1,194 | #4,673 | 11 |
| 1989 | #199 | 1,331 | #4,271 | 12 |
| 1988 | #184 | 1,510 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #153 | 1,784 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1986 | #138 | 2,016 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #116 | 2,468 | #3,805 | 11 |
| 1984 | #104 | 2,642 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #91 | 3,029 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #82 | 3,546 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1981 | #76 | 3,881 | #3,412 | 12 |
| 1980 | #86 | 3,533 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #90 | 3,365 | #3,168 | 13 |
| 1978 | #109 | 2,690 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #102 | 2,830 | #2,910 | 14 |
| 1976 | #84 | 3,364 | #2,245 | 20 |
| 1975 | #70 | 4,177 | #2,450 | 17 |
| 1974 | #54 | 5,272 | #2,050 | 21 |
| 1973 | #47 | 5,813 | #2,036 | 20 |
| 1972 | #34 | 7,472 | #1,966 | 21 |
| 1971 | #28 | 10,149 | #1,272 | 43 |
| 1970 | #26 | 12,907 | #1,159 | 51 |
| 1969 | #24 | 13,355 | #989 | 60 |
| 1968 | #20 | 14,031 | #1,206 | 40 |
| 1967 | #17 | 15,368 | #1,043 | 49 |
| 1966 | #15 | 16,249 | #1,216 | 38 |
| 1965 | #12 | 17,467 | #1,271 | 36 |
| 1964 | #11 | 19,823 | #1,219 | 40 |
| 1963 | #14 | 20,593 | #947 | 63 |
| 1962 | #13 | 21,270 | #1,311 | 35 |
| 1961 | #15 | 21,691 | #1,136 | 48 |
| 1960 | #14 | 22,092 | #1,058 | 53 |
| 1959 | #12 | 24,714 | #1,265 | 38 |
| 1958 | #11 | 25,279 | #1,001 | 58 |
| 1957 | #12 | 25,015 | #1,100 | 48 |
| 1956 | #12 | 26,928 | #1,193 | 41 |
| 1955 | #12 | 26,690 | #1,219 | 38 |
| 1954 | #12 | 27,361 | #1,227 | 37 |
| 1953 | #10 | 25,760 | #1,331 | 32 |
| 1952 | #17 | 20,879 | #1,347 | 31 |
| 1951 | #16 | 18,570 | #1,430 | 27 |
| 1950 | #17 | 16,202 | #1,395 | 27 |
| 1949 | #21 | 15,132 | #1,544 | 23 |
| 1948 | #22 | 14,281 | #1,378 | 28 |
| 1947 | #28 | 12,398 | #1,394 | 28 |
| 1946 | #34 | 9,367 | #1,409 | 25 |
| 1945 | #42 | 6,169 | #1,852 | 14 |
| 1944 | #44 | 6,204 | #1,400 | 23 |
| 1943 | #54 | 4,839 | #1,529 | 21 |
| 1942 | #106 | 2,632 | #2,523 | 9 |
| 1941 | #155 | 1,468 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | #251 | 631 | — | |
| 1939 | #347 | 337 | — | |
| 1938 | #369 | 314 | — | |
| 1937 | #399 | 264 | — | |
| 1936 | #434 | 220 | — | |
| 1935 | #458 | 194 | — | |
| 1934 | #535 | 147 | — | |
| 1933 | #629 | 108 | — | |
| 1932 | #692 | 96 | — | |
| 1931 | #667 | 99 | — | |
| 1930 | #717 | 94 | — | |
| 1929 | #666 | 110 | — | |
| 1928 | #703 | 100 | — | |
| 1927 | #911 | 67 | — | |
| 1926 | #843 | 76 | — | |
| 1925 | #861 | 75 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,096 | 51 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,076 | 50 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,269 | 38 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,409 | 33 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,584 | 27 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,745 | 22 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,029 | 18 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,996 | 17 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,498 | 12 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,571 | 22 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,465 | 16 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,297 | 17 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 | — | |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | — | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 | — | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | — | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 | — | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 | — | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Pamela! It came in at #1,592, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1895–1897, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Pamela
- 89 spots since 2024 (#2,150 → #2,239)
- 571 spots since 2020 (#1,668 → #2,239)
- 840 spots since 2015 (#1,399 → #2,239)
- Biggest jump: 235 spots in 1925 (#1,096 → #861)
- Biggest drop: 187 spots in 2012 (#961 → #1,148)
- Debuted 1895
- Peaked 1953 at #10 (25,760 births)
- Births halved by 1971, 18 yrs later
- Top 10: 1 yr · 1953
- Top 100: 39 yrs · run 1943–1976
- Top 1,000: 87 yrs · run 1925–2011
- Highest: 1 in 71 girls born in 1954 were named Pamela (1.4%)
- Latest: 1 in 19,601 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #10 in 1953, was only 1 in 73 (1.4%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 39.9% of all girls named Pamela (237,398) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 11 | #1,502 (1898) | #1,547 |
| 1900s | 11 | #1,727 (1906) | #1,802 |
| 1910s | 150 | #1,297 (1912) | #1,869 |
| 1920s | 627 | #666 (1929) | #1,042 |
| 1930s | 1,873 | #347 (1939) | #525 |
| 1940s | 73,121 | #21 (1949) | #76 |
| 1950s | 237,398 | #10 (1953) | #13 |
| 1960s | 181,939 | #11 (1964) | #16 |
| 1970s | 58,039 | #26 (1970) | #64 |
| 1980s | 25,740 | #76 (1981) | #123 |
| 1990s | 8,393 | #238 (1990) | #337 |
| 2000s | 5,255 | #446 (2003) | #568 |
| 2010s | 1,917 | #961 (2011) | #1,278 |
| 2020s | 602 | #1,668 (2020) | #1,971 |
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.
Pamela in 1999
Top girls' names in 1999
Top boys' names in 1999
More about 1999
girls
1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 2,708 of them was named Pamela, which outranked 97.5% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 384,030 of them was named Pamela, which outranked 14.7% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,702 names at #9,912; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.