Pamela
Rank in 2025
#2239
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
82
girls 82
Peak year
1954
27,361 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
596,462
since 1895
Born a Pamela? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Pamela was most popular in 1954, when 27,361 babies recorded as girls got the name (14.1 per 1,000). In 2025, 82 babies were named Pamela, ranking #2239 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 30%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 82 | 2239 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 88 | 2150 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 102 | 1934 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 95 | 2034 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 112 | 1801 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 123 | 1668 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 146 | 1495 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 136 | 1585 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 155 | 1451 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 184 | 1300 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 167 | 1399 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 185 | 1289 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 205 | 1171 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 215 | 1148 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 266 | 961 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 258 | 983 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 331 | 842 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 455 | 671 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 516 | 582 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 568 | 532 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 457 | 618 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 540 | 527 | 5 | 11356 |
| 2003 | 673 | 446 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 530 | 517 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 578 | 483 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 607 | 457 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 655 | 421 | 5 | 9912 |
| 1998 | 714 | 388 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 770 | 359 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 814 | 341 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 687 | 385 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 748 | 352 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 806 | 324 | 7 | 6816 |
| 1992 | 920 | 301 | 5 | 8435 |
| 1991 | 1,085 | 259 | 7 | 6519 |
| 1990 | 1,194 | 238 | 11 | 4673 |
| 1989 | 1,331 | 199 | 12 | 4271 |
| 1988 | 1,510 | 184 | 7 | 5751 |
| 1987 | 1,784 | 153 | 11 | 3959 |
| 1986 | 2,016 | 138 | 7 | 5332 |
| 1985 | 2,468 | 116 | 11 | 3805 |
| 1984 | 2,642 | 104 | 8 | 4552 |
| 1983 | 3,029 | 91 | 10 | 3884 |
| 1982 | 3,546 | 82 | 16 | 2831 |
| 1981 | 3,881 | 76 | 12 | 3412 |
| 1980 | 3,533 | 86 | 7 | 4940 |
| 1979 | 3,365 | 90 | 13 | 3168 |
| 1978 | 2,690 | 109 | 8 | 4157 |
| 1977 | 2,830 | 102 | 14 | 2910 |
| 1976 | 3,364 | 84 | 20 | 2245 |
| 1975 | 4,177 | 70 | 17 | 2450 |
| 1974 | 5,272 | 54 | 21 | 2050 |
| 1973 | 5,813 | 47 | 20 | 2036 |
| 1972 | 7,472 | 34 | 21 | 1966 |
| 1971 | 10,149 | 28 | 43 | 1272 |
| 1970 | 12,907 | 26 | 51 | 1159 |
| 1969 | 13,355 | 24 | 60 | 989 |
| 1968 | 14,031 | 20 | 40 | 1206 |
| 1967 | 15,368 | 17 | 49 | 1043 |
| 1966 | 16,249 | 15 | 38 | 1216 |
| 1965 | 17,467 | 12 | 36 | 1271 |
| 1964 | 19,823 | 11 | 40 | 1219 |
| 1963 | 20,593 | 14 | 63 | 947 |
| 1962 | 21,270 | 13 | 35 | 1311 |
| 1961 | 21,691 | 15 | 48 | 1136 |
| 1960 | 22,092 | 14 | 53 | 1058 |
| 1959 | 24,714 | 12 | 38 | 1265 |
| 1958 | 25,279 | 11 | 58 | 1001 |
| 1957 | 25,015 | 12 | 48 | 1100 |
| 1956 | 26,928 | 12 | 41 | 1193 |
| 1955 | 26,690 | 12 | 38 | 1219 |
| 1954 | 27,361 | 12 | 37 | 1227 |
| 1953 | 25,760 | 10 | 32 | 1331 |
| 1952 | 20,879 | 17 | 31 | 1347 |
| 1951 | 18,570 | 16 | 27 | 1430 |
| 1950 | 16,202 | 17 | 27 | 1395 |
| 1949 | 15,132 | 21 | 23 | 1544 |
| 1948 | 14,281 | 22 | 28 | 1378 |
| 1947 | 12,398 | 28 | 28 | 1394 |
| 1946 | 9,367 | 34 | 25 | 1409 |
| 1945 | 6,169 | 42 | 14 | 1852 |
| 1944 | 6,204 | 44 | 23 | 1400 |
| 1943 | 4,839 | 54 | 21 | 1529 |
| 1942 | 2,632 | 106 | 9 | 2523 |
| 1941 | 1,468 | 155 | 7 | 2872 |
| 1940 | 631 | 251 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 337 | 347 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 314 | 369 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 264 | 399 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 220 | 434 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 194 | 458 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 147 | 535 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 108 | 629 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 96 | 692 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 99 | 667 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 94 | 717 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 110 | 666 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 100 | 703 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 67 | 911 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 76 | 843 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 75 | 861 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 51 | 1096 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 50 | 1076 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 38 | 1269 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 33 | 1409 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 27 | 1584 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 22 | 1745 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 18 | 2029 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 17 | 1996 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 12 | 2498 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 22 | 1571 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 13 | 1896 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 16 | 1465 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 17 | 1297 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 8 | 1792 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 5 | 2398 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1908 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1907 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 6 | 1727 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 5 | 1877 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1902 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1901 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1900 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1899 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 6 | 1502 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1896 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 5 | 1592 | <5 | — |
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Names like Pamela
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Where Pamela is most popular
- Texas2.2×
- Georgia2.1×
- Florida2.1×
- New York2.0×
- California2.0×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years