Pamella

Last seen for girls in 2015 at #16,419

Peak · girls
1954 · 149 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,166
since 1928

Pamella over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Pamella has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201952peak #766, 1954girls
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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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Yeargirls
rankbirths
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2016
2015#16,4195
2014#14,5586
2013
2012#16,8695
2011#14,8246
2010
2009#12,4298
2008#11,5999
2007#15,4916
2006#13,6067
2005#13,0107
2004#9,26411
2003#12,4087
2002
2001#8,75811
2000#10,7458
1999#14,4115
1998#14,1225
1997#13,7245
1996#11,8076
1995#8,7669
1994#8,8049
1993#10,5887
1992#9,4918
1991#10,2717
1990#10,1937
1989#6,53112
1988#6,66611
1987#7,9878
1986#5,18814
1985#4,86015
1984#3,99019
1983#6,21210
1982#4,16718
1981#4,53216
1980#4,32717
1979#5,42712
1978#5,95810
1977#7,5677
1976#4,15415
1975#3,40420
1974#2,75726
1973#3,78716
1972#2,82024
1971#2,21236
1970#2,26734
1969#1,92742
1968#1,83442
1967#1,70245
1966#1,29170
1965#1,57550
1964#1,48258
1963#1,30571
1962#1,26676
1961#1,16290
1960#1,039107
1959#933126
1958#925124
1957#834148
1956#822144
1955#797146
1954#766149
1953#782137
1952#99490
1951#96193
1950#90097
1949#843110
1948#87699
1947#815115
1946#92781
1945#91468
1944#87476
1943#99663
1942#1,36735
1941#1,69622
1940#1,59124
1939#2,41712
1938#2,73010
1937
1936#2,8579
1935#3,1568
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1932#3,9016
1931#3,8486
1930#3,3458
1929
1928#4,7255
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First appearance
1928

The first year at least five girls were named Pamella! It came in at #4,725, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1928–1929, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Pamella
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2015
  • Biggest jump: 371 spots in 1943 (#1,367#996)
  • Biggest drop: 106 spots in 1960 (#933#1,039)
Rise & fade · girls
26 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1928
  • Peaked 1954 at #766 (149 births)
  • Births halved by 1963, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 17 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1943–1959
Share of babies · girls
1 in 13,033
  • Highest: 1 in 13,033 girls born in 1954 were named Pamella (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 357,020 girls born in 2015 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 39.6% of all girls named Pamella (1,254) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s5#4,725 (1928)#4,725
1930s59#2,417 (1939)#3,179
1940s693#815 (1947)#1,090
1950s1,254#766 (1954)#871
1960s651#1,039 (1960)#1,458
1970s200#2,212 (1971)#4,035
1980s140#3,990 (1984)#5,446
1990s68#8,766 (1995)#11,218
2000s74#8,758 (2001)#11,923
2010s22#14,558 (2014)#15,668

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.

Pamella in 1952

girls
#994
90 births · 1 in 20,604 girls

Top girls' names in 1952

  1. #1Linda67,082
  2. #2Mary65,629
  3. #3Patricia53,101
  4. #4Deborah49,811
  5. #5Susan41,348
  6. #6Barbara39,864
  7. #7Nancy31,739
  8. #8Karen28,956
  9. #9Debra26,832
  10. #10Sandra26,097
  11. #994Pamella90
More about 1952

girls

1,854,335 girls got a published name in 1952; 1 in 20,604 of them was named Pamella, which outranked 84.4% of the 6,389 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Pamella
  1. #983Shellie92
  2. #992Carmelita91
  3. #992Larry91
  4. #994Pamella90
  5. #994Ellyn90
  6. #994Selena90
  7. #997Alene89
  8. #997Debera89
  9. #997Leslee89

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1951
Risers
  1. 2,501Pandora#3,284#783
  2. 368Lise#1,314#946
  3. 353Vanessa#656#303
  4. 334Dorinda#1,170#836
  5. 332Mitzi#928#596
Fallers
  1. 380Rhona#988#1,368
  2. 342Sharleen#765#1,107
  3. 270Enid#908#1,178
  4. 237Allyn#988#1,225
  5. 230Sheron#908#1,138

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

See the top 100 for 1952