Girls' name · since 1945
Pama
182 babies named Pama in U.S. Social Security records since 1945, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,796 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 182
- born since 1945
- 1950s
- peak decade
182 girls have been named Pama since 1945, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pama has been recorded 182 times among girls since 1945, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1945 to 1963.
- #20,796 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 182 born since 1945
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pama ranks #20,796 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 182 born since 1945, peaking in the 1950s.
- #20,796 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 182
- born since 1945
- 1950s
- peak decade
Pama's 182 recorded births place it above 71.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Pama's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Pama's full recorded timeline at 1954, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1946, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1958 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Pama popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1945–1963
- Peak year (1958)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Pama by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (127 births, 70% of the file).
1950s was Pama's strongest decade.
127 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 70% of all-time use.
Pama births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 31
1940s
31 births
- 1950s
1950s
127 births
- 1960s 24
1960s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 127 births (70% of all-time use).
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What to do with Pama's data
- Pama's decade-level peak was the 1950s (127 total births); usage has since declined to 24 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Pama: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1958)
Similar record span (~18 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1945–1963 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Pama draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.