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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Pamella

Pamella was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1954, when it ranked 766th with 149 babies. More babies were named Pamella in the 1950s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1954149 babies
Total since 1880
3,166babies recorded

Pamella popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000#11,5198
1990#11,0447
1980#4,46317
1970#2,29634
1960#1,040107
1950#90797
1940#1,62824
1930#3,5918
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Pamella, counting every spelling?

Pamella has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Pamella?

About 2,500 people born in the US named Pamella are alive today, with a median age of 68; half are between 60 and 74. That makes Pamella a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Pamella by state

How common Pamella was among girls born in each state in 1952–1956, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Iowa (2.6×), Michigan (1.6×). In 33 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesMN0.05Illinois: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesIL0.06Michigan: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesMI0.11New York: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesNY0.03Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesOR0.06Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesIA0.18Indiana: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesIN0.07Ohio: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesOH0.10Pennsylvania: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesPA0.03New Jersey: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.02Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesCA0.09Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesMO0.08Kentucky: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesKY0.03West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesNC0.05South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesLA0.04Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesGA0.06Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesTX0.07Florida: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesFL0.03
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Pamella, girls, 1952–1956. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Pamella

How popular is the name Pamella?

Pamella was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1954, when it ranked 766th with 149 babies. More babies were named Pamella in the 1950s than in any other decade.

Is Pamella a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 3,166 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Pamella most popular?

In 1952–1956, Pamella was most common in Iowa (0.18 per 1,000 girls), followed by Michigan and Ohio.