Pamala — girls' name

What the Data Says About Pamala

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,357 babies named Pamala between 1926 and 2001, spanning 76 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Pamala currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 314 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pamala performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 2,575 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Pamala shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 594 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Pamala in 36 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pamala in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 7,357 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.