Pam

Girl name

Pam has been given to 33,148 babies in the U.S. since 1915. It peaked in 1959.

Meaning & origin

Clipping.

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

33,148

Peak year

1959 (3,677 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1915

10-year trend

New / returning

Gender split

100% girls / 0% boys

Pam Bondi

American attorney and politician (born 1965)

Pam Ferris

British actress

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Pam.

32,911 babies since 1890

33,519 babies since 1914

32,343 babies since 1883

32,214 babies since 1880

34,674 babies since 1915

34,861 babies since 1914

35,159 babies since 1921

35,514 babies since 1927

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