Is Pamala a boy or girl name?
Pamala was a girl name in the US. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 7,357 US babies named Pamala were girls. Fewer than 10 babies were given the name in 2024.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Pamala since 1926
- 7,357
- Most popular year
- 1958
- 314 babies
Boys and girls named Pamala, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 0 | 5 | 100% |
| 1930s | 0 | 24 | 100% |
| 1940s | 0 | 984 | 100% |
| 1950s | 0 | 2,575 | 100% |
| 1960s | 0 | 2,396 | 100% |
| 1970s | 0 | 940 | 100% |
| 1980s | 0 | 302 | 100% |
| 1990s | 0 | 117 | 100% |
| 2000s | 0 | 14 | 100% |
| 2010s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2020s | 0 | 0 | – |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 9 | #10,788 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 5 | #16,910 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 10 | #9,309 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 9 | #9,893 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 10 | #8,843 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 15 | #6,297 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 14 | #6,526 |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 9 | #9,385 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 10 | #8,526 |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 14 | #6,552 |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 11 | #7,813 |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 15 | #6,052 |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 12 | #6,833 |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 24 | #3,867 |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 17 | #4,813 |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 19 | #4,302 |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 24 | #3,592 |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 27 | #3,208 |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 30 | #2,889 |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 44 | #2,273 |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 43 | #2,333 |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 62 | #1,782 |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 42 | #2,294 |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 42 | #2,222 |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 43 | #2,181 |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 59 | #1,670 |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 82 | #1,331 |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 84 | #1,283 |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 109 | #1,063 |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 129 | #949 |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 150 | #888 |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 200 | #739 |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 193 | #727 |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 196 | #693 |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 228 | #633 |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 229 | #633 |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 202 | #692 |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 282 | #591 |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 276 | #601 |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 248 | #642 |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 261 | #632 |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 281 | #590 |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 313 | #550 |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 314 | #547 |
| 1957 | 0 | – | 270 | #587 |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 282 | #559 |
| 1955 | 0 | – | 256 | #570 |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 304 | #509 |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 259 | #539 |
| 1952 | 0 | – | 222 | #581 |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 170 | #674 |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 185 | #621 |
| 1949 | 0 | – | 199 | #589 |
| 1948 | 0 | – | 169 | #641 |
| 1947 | 0 | – | 180 | #626 |
| 1946 | 0 | – | 134 | #697 |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 90 | #798 |
| 1944 | 0 | – | 86 | #825 |
| 1943 | 0 | – | 51 | #1,140 |
| 1942 | 0 | – | 37 | #1,341 |
| 1941 | 0 | – | 27 | #1,527 |
| 1940 | 0 | – | 11 | #2,696 |
| 1939 | 0 | – | 5 | #4,780 |
| 1938 | 0 | – | 8 | #3,392 |
| 1937 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – | 5 | #4,939 |
| 1931 | 0 | – | 6 | #4,236 |
| 1930 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – | 5 | #5,456 |
Highest rank
Pamala has never been ranked as a boy name. As a girl name, it reached #509 in 1954. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1950s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.