Pamella — girls' name

What the Data Says About Pamella

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,166 babies named Pamella between 1928 and 2015, spanning 88 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Pamella currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 149 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pamella performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 1,254 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Pamella shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 240 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Pamella in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pamella 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 3,166 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.