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.

Pamala

#1,954 most common girls' name of all time · #3,345 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1926–2001

Rank among girls
#1,954
Rank overall
#3,345 of 105,966
First appeared
1926
Years on the list
67 of 146
All-time
7,357
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1958 #548
Best rank
#509 1954
Girls Boys peak 314/yr
1940196019802000

Pamala first appears in 1926. 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
2001 9 — 9 #10,238
2000 5 — 5 #15,281
1999 10 — 10 #8,916
1998 9 — 9 #9,387
1997 10 — 10 #8,442
1996 15 — 15 #6,133
1995 14 — 14 #6,326
1994 9 — 9 #8,949
1993 10 — 10 #8,172
1992 14 — 14 #6,393
1991 11 — 11 #7,531
1990 15 — 15 #5,896
1989 12 — 12 #6,609
1988 24 — 24 #3,840
1987 17 — 17 #4,705
1986 19 — 19 #4,221
1985 24 — 24 #3,545
1984 27 — 27 #3,170
1983 30 — 30 #2,867
1982 44 — 44 #2,261
1981 43 — 43 #2,316
1980 62 — 62 #1,772
1979 42 — 42 #2,287
1978 42 — 42 #2,202
1977 43 — 43 #2,172
1976 59 — 59 #1,669
1975 82 — 82 #1,327
1974 84 — 84 #1,280
1973 109 — 109 #1,062
1972 129 — 129 #948
1971 150 — 150 #888
1970 200 — 200 #739
1969 193 — 193 #725
1968 196 — 196 #693
1967 228 — 228 #631
1966 229 — 229 #634
1965 202 — 202 #693
1964 282 — 282 #591
1963 276 — 276 #601
1962 248 — 248 #642
1961 261 — 261 #632
1960 281 — 281 #591
1959 313 — 313 #549
1958 314 — 314 #548
1957 270 — 270 #587
1956 282 — 282 #559
1955 256 — 256 #571
1954 304 — 304 #509
1953 259 — 259 #539
1952 222 — 222 #582
1951 170 — 170 #673
1950 185 — 185 #621
1949 199 — 199 #590
1948 169 — 169 #642
1947 180 — 180 #626
1946 134 — 134 #697
1945 90 — 90 #798
1944 86 — 86 #826
1943 51 — 51 #1,140
1942 37 — 37 #1,347
1941 27 — 27 #1,533
1940 11 — 11 #2,724
1939 5 — 5 #4,777
1938 8 — 8 #3,418
1932 5 — 5 #5,011
1931 6 — 6 #4,269
1926 5 — 5 #5,602