Pamella
Pamella is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Pamella
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Pamella is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Pamella
American parents first put Pamella on the record books as a baby girl name in 1928, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1954, when 149 Pamellas were born — ranking #766 that year. The 1950s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 40% of all recorded Pamellas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2015 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 3K Pamellas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1920s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Pamella
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Names that sound like Pamella
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About the name Pamella
Pamella is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1928 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Pamella's peak popularity came in 1954 when it ranked #766. Use the chart and map above to compare Pamella's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.