Pamelyn

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Pamelyn has been given to 118 babies in the U.S. since 1951. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1972, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Pamelyn, 1979

1 in 665,000

Pamelyn over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Pamelyn: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Pamelyn means

Pamelyn is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Pamelyn is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 118 girls were recorded with the name Pamelyn between 1951 and 1979. Its highest annual count was 13 in 1972; its best national rank was #4,416 in 1968.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Pamelyn?

Pamelyn had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1979, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1979: 1 in 665,000; 5 of 3,326,731 births
Among girls only: 1 in 321,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1979: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 461,184 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Pamelyn sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1979 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 461,184 children born in 1979 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Pamelyn. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Pamelyns were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Pamelyn was born before 1970 — so the typical Pamelyn is around 55 today.

Median birth year: 1970; About 55 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 53.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 89.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 118; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 53.4% of all recorded uses (63).

Is Pamelyn rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1972 (13)
Years since peak: 53; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 25.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,416; 1968

Spellings of Pamelyn

Pamelyn is not the most common spelling — Pamela is, with 62.5% against Pamelyn's 0.01%.

Pamela62.5%595,076
Katelyn14.1%134,049
Madelyn12.2%116,010
Adelyn2.5%23,612
Raelyn1.7%15,768
Kaelyn1.6%15,566
Jaelyn1.5%14,201
Pamella0.33%3,166

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Pamelyn by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,416; 1968
Peak year: 1972; 13 that year
First recorded: 1951
Last recorded: 1979
All-time count: 118
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Pamelyn

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Pamilyn Brenlyn Lachlyn Rhaelyn Kopelyn Maislyn Sheilyn Graylyn Brynlyn Jaislyn Pamlyn Kaselyn Noralyn Kaizlyn Veralyn Thailyn Rozelyn Preslyn Eastlyn Rocklyn Chaslyn Aidelyn Keitlyn Evellyn

Sibling names for Pamelyn

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Nicola Latonia Jenni Nicki Sharla Niki Trena Charisse

For a brother

Shon Shelton Darrick Judd Douglass Alfonzo Demond Scottie

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