Feminine dossier · first seen 1895

Pamela

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Pamela
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 99.7% from peak

Peak era

1954

Peak rank proxy

27,362

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1895Peak 19542024

Peak year

1954

Decline from peak

99.7%

2024

All-time

594,992

Pamela once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1954, when 27,362 girls were named Pamela.

In 2024, only 88 girls were given the name.

Down 99.7% from its peak.

All told, about 594,992 Americans have been named Pamela and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1895.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.7% from peak

195427,362 girls named Pamela

202488 girls named Pamela

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