girls:
33.1k births since 1915
#766 (87th percentile)
boys:
23 births since 1957
#4563 (0th percentile)
overall:
33.1k births since 1915
#1385 (82nd percentile)
The name Pam is the #1,385 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 33,148 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 82.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 82.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #766 (86.6% percentile) for all time with 33,125 births since 1915. For boys, it ranks #4,563 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 23 births since 1957.
Pam first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (1915 for girls and 1957 for boys). Birth data for Pam is available in 65 out of the 82 years between 1915 and 1996 (65 years for girls and 3 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Pam has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.9% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Pam reached its peak popularity in 1959, achieving the 83.8% percentile (ranked #125) with 1,769 births per million. The name was most common in 1959, with 1,769 births per million (ranked 83.8% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1996.
For boys, Pam reached its peak popularity in 1960, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #652) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1960, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1962.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Pam".
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