Pamella
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- PAM-eh-la
- Origin
- English
Pamella is a girls' name of English origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Pamella mean?
English: spelling of Pamela, coined by Sir Philip Sidney
Pamela was coined by Philip Sidney for his Arcadia (1580s) and popularised by Samuel Richardson's novel Pamela (1740).
Is Pamella a girl's or a boy's name?
Pamella is a girls' name.
How popular is Pamella in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1954, with 149 girls. It first appears in the records in 1928.
Half of all the girls named Pamella in the US since 1880 were born between 1950 and 1964, the years shaded on the chart below.
Pamella in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,185 |
| 1985 | 15 | #4,858 |
| 1984 | 19 | #3,989 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,166 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,531 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,326 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,152 |
| 1975 | 20 | #3,403 |
| 1974 | 26 | #2,757 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,786 |
| 1972 | 24 | #2,820 |
| 1971 | 36 | #2,212 |
| 1970 | 34 | #2,267 |
| 1969 | 42 | #1,927 |
| 1968 | 42 | #1,834 |
| 1967 | 45 | #1,702 |
| 1966 | 70 | #1,291 |
| 1965 | 50 | #1,575 |
| 1964 | 58 | #1,482 |
| 1963 | 71 | #1,305 |
| 1962 | 76 | #1,266 |
| 1961 | 90 | #1,161 |
| 1960 | 107 | #1,038 |
| 1959 | 126 | #932 |
| 1958 | 124 | #924 |
| 1957 | 148 | #833 |
| 1956 | 144 | #821 |
| 1955 | 146 | #796 |
| 1954 | 149 | #765 |
| 1953 | 137 | #781 |
| 1952 | 90 | #993 |
| 1951 | 93 | #960 |
| 1950 | 97 | #899 |
| 1949 | 110 | #842 |
| 1948 | 99 | #875 |
| 1947 | 115 | #814 |
| 1946 | 81 | #926 |
| 1945 | 68 | #914 |
| 1944 | 76 | #874 |
| 1943 | 63 | #996 |
| 1942 | 35 | #1,367 |
| 1941 | 22 | #1,696 |
| 1940 | 24 | #1,591 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,417 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,729 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,154 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,846 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,343 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
Nicknames for Pamella
- Pam
Names like Pamella
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Paula, Priscilla, Rebecca, Teresa, Linda, Darla, Diana, Vanessa, Angela, Melissa, Regina, Cynthia
Names related to Pamella
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from 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, “Pamella: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/pamella, updated 20 October 2026.