Girls' name · since 1944
Pamalla
23 babies named Pamalla in U.S. Social Security records since 1944, with the highest year being 1947. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #44,309 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 23
- born since 1944
- 1940s
- peak decade
Pamalla sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 23 recorded since 1944.
Pamalla has 23 recorded births among girls since 1944, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1944 to 1952.
- #44,309 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 23 born since 1944
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pamalla ranks #44,309 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 23 born since 1944, peaking in the 1940s.
- #44,309 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 23
- born since 1944
- 1940s
- peak decade
Pamalla's 23 recorded births place it above 38.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Pamalla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Pamalla splits its recorded history at 1947: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1944 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1947 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Pamalla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–1952
- Peak year (1947)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Pamalla by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (18 births, 78% of the file).
1940s was Pamalla's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 78% of all-time use.
Pamalla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
18 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 18 births (78% of all-time use).
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- Pamalla's decade-level peak was the 1940s (18 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1950s -- 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 Pamalla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~8 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, 1944–1952 (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 Pamalla 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.