How rare is the name Pamala?

7,012 people in the United States have the first name Pamala, about 1 in 43,074. It ranks #3,127 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

PAMALA

#3,127

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,012
About
1 in 43,074
This common or more
81.7%
Who bears it

Of the 7,012 people named Pamala, 80.6% reported their origin as White, 11.8% as Black and 3.3% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Pamala peaked in 1958, when 314 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19262001
Peak year
1958
Births that year
314
In 2001
9 ▼97%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 7,357 babies have been given the name since 1926. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Pamala by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #1,014. The largest share of babies named Pamala, 62.6%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1920s#13,8275
1930s#8,37524
1940s#1,410984
1950s#1,0142,575
1960s#1,1422,396
1970s#2,030940
1980s#4,820302
1990s#11,704117
2000s#37,22314
Greatest Generation 1901–270.1%
Silent Generation 1928–454.4%
Baby boom 1946–6462.6%
Generation X 1965–8027.9%
Millennials 1981–964.5%
Generation Z 1997–120.6%

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 Pamala is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Pamala has been most common in Arkansas (2.3×), Michigan (2.2×), and Indiana (2.2×), and least common in Wisconsin (0.34×).

4,986 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 Pamala

#3,124 Madonna · 7,018#3,126 Corrie · 7,013#3,128 Pascual · 7,008#3,129 Vanesa · 7,005

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Pamala, most common first.

#88 Pamela · 495,991#15,099 Pamila · 768#15,472 Pamula · 743#16,017 Pamla · 710

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