Pelham is a very rare boys' name that was most common in the 1910s and has all but disappeared.
Pelham is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1973. Pelham was first reported in SSA data in 1912 and peaked in 1917 (9 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 5 | — | #5,676 |
| 1958 | 6 | — | #3,832 |
| 1953 | 5 | — | #4,212 |
| 1951 | 6 | — | #3,627 |
| 1947 | 5 | — | #4,136 |
| 1943 | 5 | — | #3,926 |
| 1939 | 6 | — | #3,396 |
| 1934 | 5 | — | #4,086 |
| 1933 | 7 | — | #3,210 |
| 1928 | 8 | — | #3,295 |
| 1926 | 5 | — | #4,675 |
| 1924 | 6 | — | #4,229 |
| 1923 | 7 | — | #3,732 |
| 1922 | 5 | — | #4,806 |
| 1920 | 7 | — | #3,739 |
| 1919 | 8 | — | #3,315 |
| 1918 | 7 | — | #3,621 |
| 1917 | 9 | — | #2,895 |
| 1913 | 6 | — | #2,724 |
| 1912 | 5 | — | #2,818 |