Pam
About Pam
This mild-mannered short form was Queen of the Prom in the fifties and sixties, but today is mostly heard on TV's The Office (and of course as one of the founders of Nameberry).
While about 100 baby girls are still named Pamela in the US every year, the name Pam is now officially extinct.
Pronounced PAM.
As of October 2026, Pam ranked #15216 in US births in 1996 SSA, peaked at #125 in 1959.
Editor's take: The name Pam is a girl's name of English origin meaning "all honey".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Pam on lists
Famous Pams
- Pamela "Pam" Dawber
American actress
- Pamela "Pam" Ferris
Welsh actress
- Pamela Suzette "Pam" Grier
American actress
- Pamela Howard "Pam" Shriver
American tennis player
- Pamela "Pam" Anderson
Canadian model and actress
- Pam Ayres
English poet and comedienne
- Pamela K. "Pam" Long
American actress
Pam in pop culture
- Pamela "Pam" Beesley
Halpert, character on TV's "The Office"
- Pam
character in 1974 film "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre"
- Pam Ravenscroft aka Pamela Swynford De Beaufort
vampire bouncer book/TV series "True Blood"
- Pamela "Pam" James
character on TV's "Martin"
- Pam Fields
Emily's mother on TV's "Pretty Little Liars"
- Pamela "Pam" Poovey
character on TV's Archer
- Pam
character in the "St. Clare's" book series by Enid Blyton
- Pam
character in video game "Stardew Valley"