# Pamala (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/pamala/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,357 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 7,357 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 17 | 4,814 |
| 1988 | 24 | 3,867 |
| 1989 | 12 | 6,833 |
| 1990 | 15 | 6,051 |
| 1991 | 11 | 7,813 |
| 1992 | 14 | 6,552 |
| 1993 | 10 | 8,525 |
| 1994 | 9 | 9,385 |
| 1995 | 14 | 6,527 |
| 1996 | 15 | 6,297 |
| 1997 | 10 | 8,843 |
| 1998 | 9 | 9,893 |
| 1999 | 10 | 9,309 |
| 2000 | 5 | 16,910 |
| 2001 | 9 | 10,789 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.