Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Pam

#786 most common girls' name of all time · #1,423 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1915–1996

Rank among girls
#786
Rank overall
#1,423 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
65 of 146
All-time
33,148
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1959 #125
Best rank
#125 1959
Girls Boys peak 3,677/yr
1920194019601980

Pam first appears in 1915. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1996 5 — 5 #13,721
1992 5 — 5 #13,513
1991 6 — 6 #11,683
1990 10 — 10 #7,970
1989 6 — 6 #11,017
1988 13 — 13 #5,957
1987 10 — 10 #6,882
1986 9 — 9 #7,243
1985 8 — 8 #7,678
1984 17 — 17 #4,358
1983 18 — 18 #4,144
1982 25 — 25 #3,362
1981 14 — 14 #5,023
1980 24 — 24 #3,435
1979 29 — 29 #2,955
1978 32 — 32 #2,644
1977 38 — 38 #2,353
1976 34 — 34 #2,405
1975 53 — 53 #1,764
1974 74 — 74 #1,391
1973 120 — 120 #992
1972 189 — 189 #740
1971 230 — 230 #675
1970 327 — 327 #562
1969 382 — 382 #498
1968 503 — 503 #418
1967 600 — 600 #368
1966 852 — 852 #297
1965 1,218 — 1,218 #246
1964 1,870 — 1,870 #196
1963 2,384 — 2,384 #166
1962 2,811 7 2,818 #150
1961 3,083 — 3,083 #144
1960 3,406 10 3,416 #132
1959 3,677 — 3,677 #125
1958 3,065 — 3,065 #139
1957 1,959 6 1,965 #184
1956 866 — 866 #302
1955 473 — 473 #402
1954 325 — 325 #491
1953 245 — 245 #558
1952 205 — 205 #609
1951 191 — 191 #625
1950 229 — 229 #546
1949 343 — 343 #428
1948 572 — 572 #327
1947 667 — 667 #305
1946 546 — 546 #320
1945 349 — 349 #377
1944 325 — 325 #394
1943 282 — 282 #443
1942 146 — 146 #621
1941 72 — 72 #863
1940 55 — 55 #969
1939 19 — 19 #1,867
1938 18 — 18 #1,933
1937 23 — 23 #1,625
1936 14 — 14 #2,239
1935 10 — 10 #2,877
1933 13 — 13 #2,379
1932 5 — 5 #4,775
1931 7 — 7 #3,734
1930 7 — 7 #3,928
1927 7 — 7 #4,149
1915 5 — 5 #4,905