Pamela
#46 most common girls' name of all time · #101 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1895–2025
Rank among girls
#46
Rank overall
#101 of 105,966
First appeared
1895
Years on the list
120 of 146
All-time
596,462
Since 2016
1,223
Peak year
1954 #12
Best rank
#10 1953
Girls
Boys
peak 27,398/yr
Pamela first appears in 1895. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 82 | — | 82 | #2,242 |
| 2024 | 88 | — | 88 | #2,152 |
| 2023 | 102 | — | 102 | #1,935 |
| 2022 | 95 | — | 95 | #2,035 |
| 2021 | 112 | — | 112 | #1,804 |
| 2020 | 123 | — | 123 | #1,671 |
| 2019 | 146 | — | 146 | #1,496 |
| 2018 | 136 | — | 136 | #1,585 |
| 2017 | 155 | — | 155 | #1,452 |
| 2016 | 184 | — | 184 | #1,300 |
| 2015 | 167 | — | 167 | #1,399 |
| 2014 | 185 | — | 185 | #1,289 |
| 2013 | 205 | — | 205 | #1,172 |
| 2012 | 215 | — | 215 | #1,148 |
| 2011 | 266 | — | 266 | #961 |
| 2010 | 258 | — | 258 | #984 |
| 2009 | 331 | — | 331 | #843 |
| 2008 | 455 | — | 455 | #672 |
| 2007 | 516 | — | 516 | #582 |
| 2006 | 568 | — | 568 | #532 |
| 2005 | 457 | — | 457 | #618 |
| 2004 | 540 | 5 | 545 | #527 |
| 2003 | 673 | — | 673 | #446 |
| 2002 | 530 | — | 530 | #517 |
| 2001 | 578 | — | 578 | #483 |
| 2000 | 607 | — | 607 | #458 |
| 1999 | 655 | 5 | 660 | #421 |
| 1998 | 714 | — | 714 | #388 |
| 1997 | 770 | — | 770 | #360 |
| 1996 | 814 | — | 814 | #341 |
| 1995 | 687 | — | 687 | #385 |
| 1994 | 748 | — | 748 | #352 |
| 1993 | 806 | 7 | 813 | #325 |
| 1992 | 920 | 5 | 925 | #301 |
| 1991 | 1,085 | 7 | 1,092 | #259 |
| 1990 | 1,194 | 11 | 1,205 | #238 |
| 1989 | 1,331 | 12 | 1,343 | #199 |
| 1988 | 1,510 | 7 | 1,517 | #184 |
| 1987 | 1,784 | 11 | 1,795 | #153 |
| 1986 | 2,016 | 7 | 2,023 | #138 |
| 1985 | 2,468 | 11 | 2,479 | #116 |
| 1984 | 2,642 | 8 | 2,650 | #104 |
| 1983 | 3,029 | 10 | 3,039 | #91 |
| 1982 | 3,546 | 16 | 3,562 | #82 |
| 1981 | 3,881 | 12 | 3,893 | #76 |
| 1980 | 3,533 | 7 | 3,540 | #86 |
| 1979 | 3,365 | 13 | 3,378 | #90 |
| 1978 | 2,690 | 8 | 2,698 | #109 |
| 1977 | 2,830 | 14 | 2,844 | #102 |
| 1976 | 3,364 | 20 | 3,384 | #84 |
| 1975 | 4,177 | 17 | 4,194 | #70 |
| 1974 | 5,272 | 21 | 5,293 | #54 |
| 1973 | 5,813 | 20 | 5,833 | #47 |
| 1972 | 7,472 | 21 | 7,493 | #34 |
| 1971 | 10,149 | 43 | 10,192 | #28 |
| 1970 | 12,907 | 51 | 12,958 | #26 |
| 1969 | 13,355 | 60 | 13,415 | #24 |
| 1968 | 14,031 | 40 | 14,071 | #20 |
| 1967 | 15,368 | 49 | 15,417 | #17 |
| 1966 | 16,249 | 38 | 16,287 | #15 |
| 1965 | 17,467 | 36 | 17,503 | #12 |
| 1964 | 19,823 | 40 | 19,863 | #11 |
| 1963 | 20,593 | 63 | 20,656 | #14 |
| 1962 | 21,270 | 35 | 21,305 | #13 |
| 1961 | 21,691 | 48 | 21,739 | #15 |
| 1960 | 22,092 | 53 | 22,145 | #14 |
| 1959 | 24,714 | 38 | 24,752 | #12 |
| 1958 | 25,279 | 58 | 25,337 | #11 |
| 1957 | 25,015 | 48 | 25,063 | #12 |
| 1956 | 26,928 | 41 | 26,969 | #12 |
| 1955 | 26,690 | 38 | 26,728 | #12 |
| 1954 | 27,361 | 37 | 27,398 | #12 |
| 1953 | 25,760 | 32 | 25,792 | #10 |
| 1952 | 20,879 | 31 | 20,910 | #17 |
| 1951 | 18,570 | 27 | 18,597 | #16 |
| 1950 | 16,202 | 27 | 16,229 | #17 |
| 1949 | 15,132 | 23 | 15,155 | #21 |
| 1948 | 14,281 | 28 | 14,309 | #22 |
| 1947 | 12,398 | 28 | 12,426 | #28 |
| 1946 | 9,367 | 25 | 9,392 | #34 |
| 1945 | 6,169 | 14 | 6,183 | #42 |
| 1944 | 6,204 | 23 | 6,227 | #44 |
| 1943 | 4,839 | 21 | 4,860 | #54 |
| 1942 | 2,632 | 9 | 2,641 | #106 |
| 1941 | 1,468 | 7 | 1,475 | #155 |
| 1940 | 631 | — | 631 | #251 |
| 1939 | 337 | — | 337 | #348 |
| 1938 | 314 | — | 314 | #369 |
| 1937 | 264 | — | 264 | #399 |
| 1936 | 220 | — | 220 | #434 |
| 1935 | 194 | — | 194 | #459 |
| 1934 | 147 | — | 147 | #535 |
| 1933 | 108 | — | 108 | #632 |
| 1932 | 96 | — | 96 | #693 |
| 1931 | 99 | — | 99 | #669 |
| 1930 | 94 | — | 94 | #725 |
| 1929 | 110 | — | 110 | #669 |
| 1928 | 100 | — | 100 | #708 |
| 1927 | 67 | — | 67 | #916 |
| 1926 | 76 | — | 76 | #853 |
| 1925 | 75 | — | 75 | #866 |
| 1924 | 51 | — | 51 | #1,099 |
| 1923 | 50 | — | 50 | #1,080 |
| 1922 | 38 | — | 38 | #1,275 |
| 1921 | 33 | — | 33 | #1,426 |
| 1920 | 27 | — | 27 | #1,601 |
| 1919 | 22 | — | 22 | #1,775 |
| 1918 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,067 |
| 1917 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,058 |
| 1916 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,573 |
| 1915 | 22 | — | 22 | #1,607 |
| 1914 | 13 | — | 13 | #1,962 |
| 1913 | 16 | — | 16 | #1,509 |
| 1912 | 17 | — | 17 | #1,336 |
| 1911 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,893 |
| 1910 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,562 |
| 1906 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,876 |
| 1904 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,046 |
| 1898 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,658 |
| 1895 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,801 |