Pamela

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Pamela: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Pamela: Recorded every year since 1952, its highest recorded position is #20, and it stood at #2,574 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
105times a registrar ranked it
73years from first to last
#20highest recorded position
26groupings it qualifies for
13names it appears alongside

What stands out in Pamela's record

Ranked every year since 1952, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Shares a published list with another name across 58 years. Longest shared records

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#891
1997	#897
1998	#1165
1999	#1160
2000	#1139
2001	#1359
2002	#1317
2003	#1325
2004	#1617
2005	#1343
2006	#1748
2007	#1965
2008	#1516
2009	#2148
2010	#2843
2011	#2636
2012	#2338
2013	#3160
2014	#2862
2015	#3252
2016	#4096
2017	#3583
2018	#3518
2019	#4001
2020	#2615
2021	#1628
2022	#3148
2023	#2689
2024	#2574

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 46 of the 54 years from 1964 to 2017.

In 2017: #873 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3583 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1952–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #20 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Highest recorded1952–1964
Highest recorded position: #20 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 1952 (recorded 1952–1964).
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2574 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Pamela appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, with 46 ranked years and 3,254 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Girls, from 1952.

Pamela across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Pamela's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#116 (1964)	#30 (1980)	#873 (2017)	46 of 54	3,254 (1964–2017)	330 (1980)
England and Wales · Girls	#891 (1996)	#891 (1996)	#2574 (2024)	29 of 29	353 (1996–2024)	24 (1996)
New Zealand · Girls	#21 (1954)	#21 (1954)	#74 (1970)	17 of 17	2,677 (1954–1970)	267 (1957)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#20 (1952)	#20 (1952)	#78 (1964)	13 of 13	3,154 (1952–1964)	417 (1952)

Pamela by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Pamela in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	423	6 of 10	71
1970s	994	10 of 10	99
1980sbusiest	1,518	10 of 10	152
1990s	268	10 of 10	27
2000s	44	8 of 10	6
2010s	7	2 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 152 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1978 and 1979, when recorded births rose by 158, from 84 to 242.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Pamela appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #20 in New South Wales, Australia in 1952.

Pamela's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2574	10	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2689	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1628	18	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2615	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2862	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2338	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2636	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2148	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1516	18	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1965	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1748	13	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1343	17	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1617	13	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1325	16	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1317	15	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1359	14	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1139	17	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1160	17	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1165	17	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#897	24	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#891	24	High	Verified
1964	New South Wales, Australia	female	#78	100	Insufficient	Not yet available
1963	New South Wales, Australia	female	#88	90	Insufficient	Not yet available
1962	New South Wales, Australia	female	#63	156	Insufficient	Not yet available
1961	New South Wales, Australia	female	#71	141	Insufficient	Not yet available
1960	New South Wales, Australia	female	#48	201	Insufficient	Not yet available
1959	New South Wales, Australia	female	#48	203	Insufficient	Not yet available
1958	New South Wales, Australia	female	#47	219	Insufficient	Not yet available
1957	New South Wales, Australia	female	#39	244	Insufficient	Not yet available
1956	New South Wales, Australia	female	#30	309	Insufficient	Not yet available
1955	New South Wales, Australia	female	#27	340	Insufficient	Not yet available
1954	New South Wales, Australia	female	#30	336	Insufficient	Not yet available
1953	New South Wales, Australia	female	#23	398	Insufficient	Not yet available
1952	New South Wales, Australia	female	#20	417	Insufficient	Not yet available
1970	New Zealand	female	#74	91	High	Verified
1969	New Zealand	female	#82	80	High	Verified
1968	New Zealand	female	#78	88	High	Verified
1967	New Zealand	female	#66	98	High	Verified
1966	New Zealand	female	#79	80	High	Verified
1965	New Zealand	female	#71	95	High	Verified
1964	New Zealand	female	#79	88	High	Verified
1963	New Zealand	female	#71	110	High	Verified
1962	New Zealand	female	#50	143	High	Verified
1961	New Zealand	female	#45	162	High	Verified
1960	New Zealand	female	#39	178	High	Verified
1959	New Zealand	female	#31	215	High	Verified
1958	New Zealand	female	#29	225	High	Verified
1957	New Zealand	female	#22	267	High	Verified
1956	New Zealand	female	#22	251	High	Verified
1955	New Zealand	female	#21	247	High	Verified
1954	New Zealand	female	#21	259	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#752	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#624	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#476	6	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	8	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#289	11	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#465	4	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	5	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#189	24	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#241	15	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#157	29	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#179	23	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#164	27	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#125	44	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#143	36	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#104	61	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#111	57	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#112	56	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#94	79	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#83	87	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#66	126	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#61	140	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#47	190	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#47	197	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#37	256	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#30	330	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#41	242	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#93	84	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#108	71	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#112	72	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#103	77	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#99	87	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#95	90	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#90	91	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#94	91	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#91	89	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#74	104	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#103	65	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#83	83	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#90	70	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#111	56	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#116	45	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1952 and 2024, ranked in 73 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #20, first reached in 1952.

It held a top-100 place in 33 years, 23 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 417 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1952.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1954, and 44 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Mina · #20, 69y
Gillian · #27, 68y
Cheryl · #11, 72y
Kristina · #33, 76y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Graham · #20, 73y
Hennie · #20, 30y
Tina · #20, 68y
Bradley · #19, 70y

Comparisons involving Pamela

Existing comparison pages where Pamela and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Pamela in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Grace vs Pamela
In 1964 they stood at #118 and #116 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, 2 places apart; by 2017 they were #3 and #873.
Grace · Pamela · 46 shared years, 1964–2017 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2017 Republic of Ireland ranking
Niamh vs Pamela
In 1964 they stood at #109 and #116 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, 7 places apart; by 2017 they were #47 and #873.
Niamh · Pamela · 46 shared years, 1964–2017 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2017 Republic of Ireland ranking
Annie vs Pamela
In 1964 they stood at #112 and #116 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, 4 places apart; by 2017 they were #74 and #873.
Annie · Pamela · 46 shared years, 1964–2017 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2017 Republic of Ireland ranking

Compared inside New South Wales, Australia lists

Pairs involving Pamela measured in New South Wales, Australia's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Pamela at its highest position.

Christine vs Pamela
Both reached their highest recorded position in New South Wales, Australia · Girls within 2 years — Christine #1 in 1952, Pamela #20 in 1952.
Christine · Pamela · 13 shared years, 1952–1964 · Peaked in the same years
See the 1952 New South Wales, Australia ranking

New South Wales, Australia overview→

Pamela was ranked #20 in New South Wales, Australia · Girls in 1952. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Pamela and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Pamela without appearing here.

Pamela moved ahead of

Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1628 and #5581.
Tyler Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4001 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1628 and #5581.
Belinda Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4001 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1628 and #4634.
Shauna Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4001 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1628 and #4634.

Moved ahead of Pamela

Mathilde Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1628 and #1962 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3148 and #1245.
Rory Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1628 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3148 and #1452.
Arlo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1628 and #1785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3148 and #1849.
Jude Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1628 and #2073 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3148 and #1849.

Moved the opposite way to Pamela

Aisling Compare
Between 1964 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Pamela went from #116 to #873 while Aisling went from #154 to #86.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Pamela went from #116 to #873 while Alexandra went from #222 to #111.
Anna Compare
Between 1964 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Pamela went from #116 to #873 while Anna went from #34 to #12.
Charlotte Compare
Between 1964 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Pamela went from #116 to #873 while Charlotte went from #171 to #42.

Moved the same way as Pamela

Alma Compare
Between 1964 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Pamela went from #116 to #873 and Alma from #327 to #579.
Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Pamela went from #116 to #873 and Audrey from #85 to #471.
Eileen Compare
Between 1964 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Pamela went from #116 to #873 and Eileen from #17 to #396.
Florence Compare
Between 1964 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Pamela went from #116 to #873 and Florence from #146 to #219.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #20 in New South Wales, Australia in 1952. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Pamela

Pamela at a glance

What stands out in Pamela's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Pamela across 4 official records

Pamela by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Pamela appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Comparisons involving Pamela

Longest shared records

Compared inside New South Wales, Australia lists

Names published alongside Pamela

Pamela and the names beside it

Pamela moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Pamela

Moved the opposite way to Pamela

Moved the same way as Pamela

Pamela at a glance

What stands out in Pamela's record

Pamela across 4 official records

Pamela by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Pamela appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Comparisons involving Pamela

Longest shared records

Compared inside New South Wales, Australia lists

Names published alongside Pamela

Pamela and the names beside it

Pamela moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Pamela

Moved the opposite way to Pamela

Moved the same way as Pamela