Pamela
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Pamela
Pam was a somewhat pampered prom queen of the sixties who was never called by her full name, which is a pity because Pamela is so mellifluous and rich in literary history. A Top 25 name from the late 1940's through the late 60's, Pamela has just, sadly, dropped out of the Top 1000.
Pamela was first used by Elizabethan poet Sir Philip Sidney in his sixteenth century pastoral epic Arcadia, but it was Samuel Richardson's enormously popular novel Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded two centuries later that really promoted it. Rarely used now, Pamela might almost be ready for a revival, and the appealing Pam (wife of Jim, the male-equivalent name) on The Office may help bring it back.
But no, we won't be recommending the name of Pamela's partner--Linda.
Pamela is also given to boys.
Pronounced PAM-uh-luh.
As of October 2026, Pamela ranked #2251 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #10 in 1953, Nameberry popularity #518.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,290 | 185 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #1,402 | 167 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #1,310 | 183 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #1,456 | 155 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #1,587 | 136 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #1,497 | 146 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #1,673 | 123 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #1,812 | 112 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #2,044 | 95 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #1,940 | 102 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #2,161 | 88 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #2,251 | 82 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Pamela for girls
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Pamela on lists
Famous Pamelas
- Pamela Suzette "Pam" GrierGirl
American actress
- Pamela Beryl HarrimanGirl
English,American diplomat
- Pamela Denise AndersonGirl
Canadian,American model/actress
- Pamela ReedGirl
American actress
- Pamela Redmond SatranGirl
American novelist and co,founder of Nameberry
- Pamela Catherine GidleyGirl
American actress
- Pamela "Pam" Gail FrymanGirl
American TV director
- Pamela DellalGirl
American mezzo,soprano
- Pamela Fionna AdlonGirl
American voice actress
- Pamela HaydenGirl
American voice actress
- Pamela Helen Ostrer MasonGirl
English actress
- Pamela GellerGirl
American activist and commentator
- Pamela Helen StephensonGirl
New Zealand actress; wife of comedian Billy Connolly
- Pamela 'Pam' AyresGirl
English poet, broadcaster and entertainer
- Pamela Agatha "Pam" NestorGirl
Guyanese,British singer
- Pamela "Pam" Howard ShriverGirl
American tennis player
- Pamela MemmottGirl
Canadian novelist
- Pamela Jeanne Banducci aka Pam Munoz RyanGirl
American novelist
- Tammin Pamela SursokGirl
Australian actress
- Pamela HortonGirl
(b. 1988) Playboy Playmate
Pamela in pop culture
- Pamela AndrewsGirl
character in Samuel Richardson novel "Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded"
- Pamela MaranGirl
character on TV's "Army Wives"
- Pamela Morgan "Pam" BeeslyGirl
Halpert, character on TV's "The Office"
- Dr. Pamela Lillian Isley aka Poison IvyGirl
character in the Batman series
- Pamela Rebecca Barnes EwingGirl
character on TV's "Dallas"
- Pamela "Pam" JamesGirl
character on TV show Martin
- Pamela GrayGirl
the main character in the novel 'Goddess of Light' (PC Cast)
- Pamela MansonGirl
mother of Sam Manson from "Danny Phantom"
- Pamela SaintGirl
character on Call the midwife.
- Pamela TannerGirl
the late wife of Danny Tanner on TV's "Full House"
- Pamela Donaldson KatsopolisGirl
adopted daughter of Jesse and Becky Katsopolis on Netflix's "Fuller House"
- PamelaGirl
little girl in Ikana Valley in "The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask"
- PamelaGirl
song by The Kooks