Pamala
Pamala is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 509th, in 1954.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1958314 births
- Best rank
- #509in 1954
- Since 1926
- 7,357people given the name
The story in the numbers
7,357 girls have been named Pamala in the United States since 1926, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1958, with 314 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 314 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1960, and the 1950s alone account for 35%. It has spent 29 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1958, its biggest year
Pamala was the 547th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1958 were Mary, Susan, Linda, Karen and Patricia. See all of 1958.
Names that rose and fell with Pamala
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Sherrypeak 1962
- Pamelapeak 1954
- Sherylpeak 1957
- Gaylapeak 1954
- Cathleenpeak 1958
- Lynnpeak 1956
- Teresiapeak 1956
- Paulapeak 1963
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.