Pamelia
Last seen for girls in 1985 at #10,677
- Peak · girls
- 1949 · 90 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,229since 1897
Pamelia over time
Rank among girls' names. Pamelia has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 |
| 1973 | #3,342 | 19 |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 |
| 1971 | #2,542 | 29 |
| 1970 | #2,203 | 36 |
| 1969 | #2,396 | 29 |
| 1968 | #2,246 | 29 |
| 1967 | #1,980 | 35 |
| 1966 | #1,952 | 35 |
| 1965 | #1,516 | 54 |
| 1964 | #1,482 | 58 |
| 1963 | #1,340 | 68 |
| 1962 | #1,314 | 71 |
| 1961 | #1,217 | 82 |
| 1960 | #1,236 | 78 |
| 1959 | #1,135 | 88 |
| 1958 | #1,143 | 86 |
| 1957 | #1,202 | 77 |
| 1956 | #1,222 | 73 |
| 1955 | #1,062 | 90 |
| 1954 | #952 | 103 |
| 1953 | #1,015 | 90 |
| 1952 | #1,028 | 83 |
| 1951 | #1,045 | 79 |
| 1950 | #1,064 | 75 |
| 1949 | #935 | 90 |
| 1948 | #1,041 | 72 |
| 1947 | #1,217 | 55 |
| 1946 | #1,148 | 55 |
| 1945 | #1,155 | 46 |
| 1944 | #1,293 | 38 |
| 1943 | #1,556 | 29 |
| 1942 | #1,559 | 28 |
| 1941 | #2,096 | 16 |
| 1940 | #1,845 | 19 |
| 1939 | #2,206 | 14 |
| 1938 | #2,340 | 13 |
| 1937 | #2,101 | 15 |
| 1936 | #1,873 | 17 |
| 1935 | #2,575 | 11 |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 |
| 1933 | #1,906 | 17 |
| 1932 | #3,047 | 9 |
| 1931 | #2,750 | 10 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 |
| 1929 | #2,587 | 12 |
| 1928 | #2,768 | 11 |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 |
| 1921 | #3,400 | 9 |
| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 |
| 1914 | #2,265 | 10 |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 |
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| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Pamelia! It came in at #1,555, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1897–1913, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Pamelia is popular in 1948
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#377 · 1 in 3,788
- Kentucky#437 · 1 in 5,788
- Georgia#467 · 1 in 6,016
- Louisiana#547 · 1 in 6,461
Best ever in a state: #377 in Alabama, 1948.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Alabama | #377 | 10 | 1 in 3,788 |
| Kentucky | #437 | 6 | 1 in 5,788 |
| Georgia | #467 | 7 | 1 in 6,016 |
| Louisiana | #547 | 5 | 1 in 6,461 |
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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 Pamelia
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1985
- Biggest jump: 106 spots in 1949 (#1,041 → #935)
- Biggest drop: 129 spots in 1950 (#935 → #1,064)
- Debuted 1897
- Peaked 1949 at #935 (90 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 17 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1949–1954
- Highest: 1 in 18,854 girls born in 1954 were named Pamelia (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 344,166 girls born in 1985 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #935 in 1949, was only 1 in 19,010 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 37.9% of all girls named Pamelia (844) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,555 (1897) | #1,555 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 31 | #2,265 (1914) | #3,725 |
| 1920s | 74 | #2,587 (1929) | #3,645 |
| 1930s | 121 | #1,873 (1936) | #2,566 |
| 1940s | 448 | #935 (1949) | #1,385 |
| 1950s | 844 | #952 (1954) | #1,087 |
| 1960s | 539 | #1,217 (1961) | #1,668 |
| 1970s | 147 | #2,203 (1970) | #5,394 |
| 1980s | 20 | #7,398 (1984) | #8,734 |
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.
Pamelia in 1948
Top girls' names in 1948
More about 1948
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1,697,908 girls got a published name in 1948; 1 in 23,582 of them was named Pamelia, which outranked 82.8% of the 6,040 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,031Sidney73
- #1,031Tara73
- #1,031Twyla73
- #1,041Pamelia72
- #1,041Abigail72
- #1,041Cathrine72
- #1,041Dayle72
- #1,049Aletha71
- #1,049Bethany71
- #1,049Ernestina71
Tied with 7 names at #1,041; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.