Pamelia

Last seen for girls in 1985 at #10,677

Peak · girls
1949 · 90 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,229
since 1897

Pamelia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Pamelia has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201949peak #935, 1949girls
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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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1985#10,6775
1984#7,3988
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1981#8,1287
1980
1979#9,0106
1978#6,9488
1977#8,4446
1976#4,61413
1975#6,4848
1974#6,2588
1973#3,34219
1972#4,09114
1971#2,54229
1970#2,20336
1969#2,39629
1968#2,24629
1967#1,98035
1966#1,95235
1965#1,51654
1964#1,48258
1963#1,34068
1962#1,31471
1961#1,21782
1960#1,23678
1959#1,13588
1958#1,14386
1957#1,20277
1956#1,22273
1955#1,06290
1954#952103
1953#1,01590
1952#1,02883
1951#1,04579
1950#1,06475
1949#93590
1948#1,04172
1947#1,21755
1946#1,14855
1945#1,15546
1944#1,29338
1943#1,55629
1942#1,55928
1941#2,09616
1940#1,84519
1939#2,20614
1938#2,34013
1937#2,10115
1936#1,87317
1935#2,57511
1934#3,8026
1933#1,90617
1932#3,0479
1931#2,75010
1930#3,0559
1929#2,58712
1928#2,76811
1927#4,2866
1926#3,8737
1925#4,9735
1924#3,6658
1923
1922#3,6558
1921#3,4009
1920#3,5988
1919#4,8145
1918
1917#4,0836
1916
1915#4,2745
1914#2,26510
1913#3,1875
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1897#1,5555
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First appearance
1897

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.

See more about Pamelia
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
52 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1897
  • Peaked 1949 at #935 (90 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1949–1954
Share of babies · girls
1 in 18,854
  • 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
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 37.9% of all girls named Pamelia (844) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s5#1,555 (1897)#1,555
1900s0
1910s31#2,265 (1914)#3,725
1920s74#2,587 (1929)#3,645
1930s121#1,873 (1936)#2,566
1940s448#935 (1949)#1,385
1950s844#952 (1954)#1,087
1960s539#1,217 (1961)#1,668
1970s147#2,203 (1970)#5,394
1980s20#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 1949

girls
#935
90 births · 1 in 19,010 girls

Top girls' names in 1949

  1. #1Linda91,015
  2. #2Mary66,874
  3. #3Patricia46,324
  4. #4Barbara42,600
  5. #5Susan37,709
  6. #6Sandra30,643
  7. #7Nancy29,249
  8. #8Carol26,780
  9. #9Kathleen26,357
  10. #10Sharon25,713
  11. #935Pamelia90
More about 1949

girls

1,710,877 girls got a published name in 1949; 1 in 19,010 of them was named Pamelia, which outranked 84.6% of the 6,066 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Pamelia
  1. #930Lorrie91
  2. #930Pansy91
  3. #930Veda91
  4. #935Pamelia90
  5. #935Allene90
  6. #935Charolette90
  7. #935Joetta90
  8. #945Clementine89
  9. #945Erica89
  10. #945Rowena89

Tied with 9 names at #935; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1948
Risers
  1. 937Sharman#1,708#771
  2. 665Roseanna#1,422#757
  3. 483Shauna#1,173#690
  4. 293Jacalyn#1,116#823
  5. 267Sanjuana#1,185#918
Fallers
  1. 339Sandie#939#1,278
  2. 296Syble#955#1,251
  3. 272Shirleen#964#1,236
  4. 266Ginny#734#1,000
  5. 260Dina#861#1,121

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1949