Pammela

Girls' name

Modern coinage; no established literal translation

Pammela has been given to 6 babies in the U.S. since 1965. 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 1965, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Pammela, 1965

1 in 604,000

Pammela 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Pammela: meaning, origin, and history

Modern coinage; no established literal translation

coinages

What Pammela means

Pammela is a modern given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Pammela is used in English. Its origins include coinages.

Pammela is a modern formation.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6 girls were recorded with the name Pammela between 1965 and 1965. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1965; its best national rank was #6,316 in 1965.

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 Pammela?

Pammela had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1965, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1965: 1 in 604,000; 6 of 3,625,243 births
Among girls only: 1 in 294,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1965: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 418,806 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Pammela 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 1965 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 418,806 children born in 1965 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Pammela. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Pammelas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Pammela was born before 1965 — so the typical Pammela is around 60 today.

Median birth year: 1965; About 60 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 6; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (6).

Is Pammela 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 1965 (6)
Years since peak: 60; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #6,316; 1965

Spellings of Pammela

Pammela is not the most common spelling — Pamela is, with 92.0% against Pammela's <0.01%.

Pamela92.0%595,076
Carmela3.8%24,506
Pamala1.1%7,357
Tamela1.1%7,186
Pamella0.49%3,166
Pamelia0.34%2,229
Tammera0.21%1,338
Jamela0.15%945

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.

Pammela 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: #6,316; 1965
Peak year: 1965; 6 that year
First recorded: 1965
Last recorded: 1965
All-time count: 6
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Pammela

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

Pamalia Pamilyn Pamlyn Pamara Pameal Pamlia Aziela Ismaela Laquela Gabiela Vandela Marvela Mahaela Luciela Pamalla Guisela Raquela Aqueela Lakeela Chakela Tequela Lateela Jahmela Anavela

Sibling names for Pammela

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

Sarita Kandy Bettina Lanette Zina Kenneth Rona Vonda

For a brother

Darron Daron Kip Deron Daren Tad Richie Kennedy

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