How Many People Are Named Pam?
people named Pam are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 12,405 people in the US has this name
Based on 33,148 babies named Pam in Social Security records from 1915 to 1996, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
3,677 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of PAMELA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Pam (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Pam alive today is about 65 years old, and 88% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 62 and 67 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Pam first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 1959, to 3,677 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1996.
Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 1996
🏆 Rank History
Pam has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #125, in 1959.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #125 (1959) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #200 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Pam alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Pam were born in California than in any other state: about 2,590 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Pam was given 1.9 times as often in South Dakota, 1.9 times in Washington and 1.7 times in North Dakota.
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