Girls' name · since 1951
Pamelyn
Since 1951, U.S. Social Security records show 118 babies named Pamelyn, peaking in 1972. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #25,339 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 118
- born since 1951
- 1970s
- peak decade
Pamelyn sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 118 recorded since 1951.
Pamelyn has 118 recorded births among girls since 1951, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1951 to 1979.
- #25,339 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 118 born since 1951
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pamelyn ranks #25,339 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 118 born since 1951, peaking in the 1970s.
- #25,339 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 118
- born since 1951
- 1970s
- peak decade
Pamelyn's 118 recorded births place it above 64.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Pamelyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Pamelyn splits its recorded history at 1969: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1964 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1972 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Pamelyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–1979
- Peak year (1972)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Pamelyn by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (63 births, 53% of the file).
1970s was Pamelyn's strongest decade.
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Pamelyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 13
1950s
13 births
- 1960s
1960s
42 births
- 1970s
1970s
63 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 63 births (53% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Pamelyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1951–1979 (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 Pamelyn 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.