Pamela was a hugely popular girls' name that peaked at #10 in 1953 but is far less common today.
Pamela is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #2,251 for girl births in the United States (and #4,072 across all names), given to 82 babies. Pamela was first reported in SSA data in 1895 and peaked in 1954 (27,361 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 82 | 82 | #2,251 | — |
| 2024 | 88 | 93 | #2,169 | — |
| 2023 | 102 | 102 | #1,941 | — |
| 2022 | 95 | 102 | #2,045 | — |
| 2021 | 112 | 126 | #1,812 | — |
| 2020 | 123 | 130 | #1,674 | — |
| 2019 | 146 | 154 | #1,497 | — |
| 2018 | 136 | 148 | #1,587 | — |
| 2017 | 155 | 167 | #1,456 | — |
| 2016 | 184 | 197 | #1,305 | — |
| 2015 | 167 | 183 | #1,402 | — |
| 2014 | 185 | 208 | #1,290 | — |
| 2013 | 205 | 236 | #1,176 | — |
| 2012 | 215 | 245 | #1,151 | — |
| 2011 | 266 | 304 | #962 | — |
| 2010 | 258 | 274 | #984 | — |
| 2009 | 331 | 357 | #845 | — |
| 2008 | 455 | 494 | #672 | — |
| 2007 | 516 | 548 | #582 | — |
| 2006 | 568 | 590 | #532 | — |
| 2005 | 457 | 492 | #620 | — |
| 2004 | 545 | 569 | #527 | #12,727 |
| 2003 | 673 | 703 | #447 | — |
| 2002 | 530 | 571 | #517 | — |
| 2001 | 578 | 616 | #484 | — |
| 2000 | 607 | 650 | #458 | — |
| 1999 | 660 | 737 | #421 | #11,152 |
| 1998 | 714 | 774 | #388 | — |
| 1997 | 770 | — | #360 | — |
| 1996 | 814 | — | #341 | — |
| 1995 | 687 | — | #385 | — |
| 1994 | 748 | — | #352 | — |
| 1993 | 813 | — | #324 | #7,402 |
| 1992 | 925 | — | #302 | #9,437 |
| 1991 | 1,092 | — | #259 | #7,071 |
| 1990 | 1,205 | — | #238 | #4,907 |
| 1989 | 1,343 | — | #199 | #4,452 |
| 1988 | 1,517 | — | #184 | #6,263 |
| 1987 | 1,795 | — | #153 | #4,171 |
| 1986 | 2,023 | — | #138 | #5,763 |
| 1985 | 2,479 | — | #116 | #3,974 |
| 1984 | 2,650 | — | #104 | #4,856 |
| 1983 | 3,039 | — | #91 | #4,070 |
| 1982 | 3,562 | — | #82 | #2,937 |
| 1981 | 3,893 | — | #76 | #3,556 |
| 1980 | 3,540 | — | #86 | #5,354 |
| 1979 | 3,378 | — | #90 | #3,308 |
| 1978 | 2,698 | — | #109 | #4,453 |
| 1977 | 2,844 | — | #102 | #3,006 |
| 1976 | 3,384 | — | #84 | #2,308 |
| 1975 | 4,194 | — | #70 | #2,511 |
| 1974 | 5,293 | — | #54 | #2,096 |
| 1973 | 5,833 | — | #47 | #2,105 |
| 1972 | 7,493 | — | #34 | #2,008 |
| 1971 | 10,192 | — | #28 | #1,284 |
| 1970 | 12,958 | — | #26 | #1,163 |
| 1969 | 13,415 | — | #24 | #998 |
| 1968 | 14,071 | — | #20 | #1,211 |
| 1967 | 15,417 | — | #17 | #1,056 |
| 1966 | 16,287 | — | #15 | #1,229 |
| 1965 | 17,503 | — | #12 | #1,289 |
| 1964 | 19,863 | — | #11 | #1,229 |
| 1963 | 20,656 | — | #14 | #953 |
| 1962 | 21,305 | — | #13 | #1,333 |
| 1961 | 21,739 | — | #15 | #1,145 |
| 1960 | 22,145 | — | #14 | #1,068 |
| 1959 | 24,752 | — | #12 | #1,276 |
| 1958 | 25,337 | — | #11 | #1,005 |
| 1957 | 25,063 | — | #12 | #1,113 |
| 1956 | 26,969 | — | #12 | #1,201 |
| 1955 | 26,728 | — | #12 | #1,235 |
| 1954 | 27,398 | — | #12 | #1,238 |
| 1953 | 25,792 | — | #10 | #1,351 |
| 1952 | 20,910 | — | #17 | #1,371 |
| 1951 | 18,597 | — | #16 | #1,446 |
| 1950 | 16,229 | — | #17 | #1,419 |
| 1949 | 15,155 | — | #21 | #1,572 |
| 1948 | 14,309 | — | #22 | #1,395 |
| 1947 | 12,426 | — | #28 | #1,416 |
| 1946 | 9,392 | — | #34 | #1,429 |
| 1945 | 6,183 | — | #42 | #1,909 |
| 1944 | 6,227 | — | #44 | #1,427 |
| 1943 | 4,860 | — | #54 | #1,565 |
| 1942 | 2,641 | — | #106 | #2,665 |
| 1941 | 1,475 | — | #155 | #3,069 |
| 1940 | 631 | — | #251 | — |
| 1939 | 337 | — | #348 | — |
| 1938 | 314 | — | #369 | — |
| 1937 | 264 | — | #399 | — |
| 1936 | 220 | — | #434 | — |
| 1935 | 194 | — | #459 | — |
| 1934 | 147 | — | #535 | — |
| 1933 | 108 | — | #632 | — |
| 1932 | 96 | — | #693 | — |
| 1931 | 99 | — | #672 | — |
| 1930 | 94 | — | #725 | — |
| 1929 | 110 | — | #669 | — |
| 1928 | 100 | — | #709 | — |
| 1927 | 67 | — | #916 | — |
| 1926 | 76 | — | #852 | — |
| 1925 | 75 | — | #864 | — |
| 1924 | 51 | — | #1,105 | — |
| 1923 | 50 | — | #1,083 | — |
| 1922 | 38 | — | #1,280 | — |
| 1921 | 33 | — | #1,430 | — |
| 1920 | 27 | — | #1,618 | — |
| 1919 | 22 | — | #1,793 | — |
| 1918 | 18 | — | #2,086 | — |
| 1917 | 17 | — | #2,079 | — |
| 1916 | 12 | — | #2,618 | — |
| 1915 | 22 | — | #1,608 | — |
| 1914 | 13 | — | #1,989 | — |
| 1913 | 16 | — | #1,513 | — |
| 1912 | 17 | — | #1,337 | — |
| 1911 | 8 | — | #1,920 | — |
| 1910 | 5 | — | #2,704 | — |
| 1906 | 6 | — | #1,903 | — |
| 1904 | 5 | — | #2,108 | — |
| 1898 | 6 | — | #1,652 | — |
| 1895 | 5 | — | #1,761 | — |