Pamila — girls' name

What the Data Says About Pamila

The Social Security Administration has registered 755 babies named Pamila between 1941 and 1984, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Pamila currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1984. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 40 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pamila performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 315 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Pamila shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Pamila in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pamila 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 755 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.