first name
PAM
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 44,546 people named Pam, 87.6% reported their origin as White, 5.4% as Black and 2.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Pam peaked in 1959, when 3,677 babies got the name.
At least 33,148 babies have been given the name since 1915. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Pam by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #367. The largest share of babies named Pam, 81.3%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Pam is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Pam has been most common in South Dakota (2×), Washington (1.7×), and North Dakota (1.7×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.31×).
31,339 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Pam
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Pam, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Pam ranks #31,582 of 156,621, with 785 people. See Pam as a last name
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