Pamella

Girl · recorded 1928–2015

  • 2015last recorded
  • 1954best year

Most popular in 1954.

Last recorded in 2015. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Pamella.

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Its story

Popularity since 1928

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 81 recorded years as a table
Pamella, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19284
19307
19316
19326
19358
19369
19389
193911
194021
194118
194226
194345
194457
194552
194652
194765
194858
194964
195057
195152
195249
195373
195477
195575
195672
195772
195862
195962
196053
196145
196239
196337
196431
196528
196641
196727
196826
196925
197019
197122
197216
197311
197418
197514
197610
19775
19787
19797
198010
198110
198211
19836
198411
19859
19868
19875
19886
19897
19904
19914
19924
19934
19945
19955
19963
19973
19983
19993
20004
20016
20034
20046
20054
20064
20073
20085
20094
20113
20123
20143
20153

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Pamella isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2015
5
Rank in 2015
#16,419
How rare
1 in 357,019 girls
Since 1928
3,166

Pamella was last recorded in 2015. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1954, at 77 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Pamella doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.