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Pamela

Gender
Girl
UK rank, 2025
#2,675 for girls
US rank, 2025
#2,239 for girls

Pamela is a girls' name, meaning “all”. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies) and 2,239th for girls in the US (82 babies).

What does Pamela mean?

“all”

A female given name originating as a coinage.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Pamela a girl's or a boy's name?

Pamela is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK and 82 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Pamela in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,675among girls
Babies in 2025
10about 1 in 28,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 21% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Pamela, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 48 girls.

Half of all the girls named Pamela in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1924 (#60), 1934 (#20), 1944 (#17), 1954 (#21) and 1964 (#67).

1996Busiest: 48 in 19962025
Pamela in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202510#2,675
202410#2,644
20239#2,841
20227#3,347
202118#1,726
20209#2,766
20195#4,214
201810#2,631
20177#3,395
20167#3,389
20158#3,114
20149#2,809
20137#3,338
201211#2,463
201110#2,582
20108#2,992
200912#2,153
200822#1,390
200713#1,964
200618#1,481
200517#1,451
200414#1,634
200316#1,420
200220#1,147
200120#1,118
200024#987
199925#947
199828#866
199739#707
199648#568

How popular is Pamela in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,239among girls
Babies in 2025
82about 1 in 20,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 33% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 82 girls in the US were named Pamela, making it the 2,239th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,668th. Its busiest year was 1954, with 27,361 girls. It first appears in the records in 1895.

2025 had fewer girls named Pamela than any year since 1927.

Half of all the girls named Pamela in the US since 1880 were born between 1953 and 1966, the years shaded on the chart below.

1895Busiest: 27,361 in 19542025
Pamela in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202582#2,239
202488#2,150
2023102#1,934
202295#2,034
2021112#1,801
2020123#1,668
2019146#1,495
2018136#1,585
2017155#1,451
2016184#1,300
2015167#1,399
2014185#1,289
2013205#1,171
2012215#1,148
2011266#961
2010258#983
2009331#842
2008455#671
2007516#582
2006568#532
2005457#618
2004540#527
2003673#446
2002530#517
2001578#483
2000607#457
1999655#421
1998714#388
1997770#359
1996814#341
1995687#385
1994748#352
1993806#324
1992920#301
19911,085#259
19901,194#238
19891,331#199
19881,510#184
19871,784#153
19862,016#138
19852,468#116
19842,642#104
19833,029#91
19823,546#82
19813,881#76
19803,533#86
19793,365#90
19782,690#109
19772,830#102
19763,364#84
19754,177#70
19745,272#54
19735,813#47
19727,472#34
197110,149#28
197012,907#26
196913,355#24
196814,031#20
196715,368#17
196616,249#15
196517,467#12
196419,823#11
196320,593#14
196221,270#13
196121,691#15
196022,092#14
195924,714#12
195825,279#11
195725,015#12
195626,928#12
195526,690#12
195427,361#12
195325,760#10
195220,879#17
195118,570#16
195016,202#17
194915,132#21
194814,281#22
194712,398#28
19469,367#34
19456,169#42
19446,204#44
19434,839#54
19422,632#106
19411,468#155
1940631#251
1939337#347
1938314#369
1937264#399
1936220#434
1935194#458
1934147#535
1933108#629
193296#692
193199#667
193094#717
1929110#666
1928100#703
192767#911
192676#843
192575#861
192451#1,096
192350#1,076
192238#1,269
192133#1,409
192027#1,584
191922#1,745
191818#2,028
191717#1,995
191612#2,497
191522#1,571
191413#1,896
191316#1,465
191217#1,297
19118#1,792
19105#2,398
19090–
19080–
19070–
19066#1,727
19050–
19045#1,876
19030–
19020–
19010–
19000–
18990–
18986#1,501
18970–
18960–
18955#1,592

Names like Pamela

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Jessica Maria Francesca Melissa Diana Priscilla Rebecca Joanna Marina Georgina Cassandra Alexandra

Names related to Pamela

Pamella

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Pamela: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/pamela, updated 20 October 2026.