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How popular is “Pamella” in the USA?

Number of people named “Pamella” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Pamella” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Pamella” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Pamella” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Pamella” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Pamella” by birth year

This chart shows how “Pamella” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1928 5 0.000002211 5 100%
1930 8 0.000003598 8 100%
1931 6 0.000002851 6 100%
1932 6 0.000002842 6 100%
1935 8 0.000003828 8 100%
1936 9 0.000004332 9 100%
1938 10 0.00000452 10 100%
1939 12 0.000005446 12 100%
1940 24 0.000010423 24 100%
1941 22 0.00000903 22 100%
1942 35 0.000012812 35 100%
1943 63 0.00002232 63 100%
1944 76 0.000028252 76 100%
1945 68 0.000025632 68 100%
1946 81 0.00002535 81 100%
1947 115 0.000031924 115 100%
1948 99 0.000028675 99 100%
1949 110 0.000031566 110 100%
1950 97 0.000027688 97 100%
1951 93 0.000025246 93 100%
1952 90 0.000023697 90 100%
1953 137 0.000035551 137 100%
1954 149 0.000037431 149 100%
1955 146 0.000036363 146 100%
1956 144 0.000034926 144 100%
1957 148 0.00003522 148 100%
1958 124 0.000029996 124 100%
1959 126 0.000030303 126 100%
1960 107 0.000025759 107 100%
1961 90 0.000021727 90 100%
1962 76 0.000018833 76 100%
1963 71 0.000017937 71 100%
1964 58 0.000014919 58 100%
1965 50 0.000013791 50 100%
1966 70 0.00002014 70 100%
1967 45 0.000013255 45 100%
1968 42 0.000012432 42 100%
1969 42 0.000012085 42 100%
1970 34 0.000009427 34 100%
1971 36 0.000010488 36 100%
1972 24 0.000007636 24 100%
1973 16 0.000005303 16 100%
1974 26 0.000008553 26 100%
1975 20 0.000006624 20 100%
1976 15 0.000004943 15 100%
1977 7 0.000002204 7 100%
1978 10 0.000003151 10 100%
1979 12 0.000003607 12 100%
1980 17 0.000004935 17 100%
1981 16 0.000004625 16 100%
1982 18 0.000005131 18 100%
1983 10 0.000002887 10 100%
1984 19 0.000005446 19 100%
1985 15 0.000004203 15 100%
1986 14 0.000003936 14 100%
1987 8 0.000002219 8 100%
1988 11 0.000002977 11 100%
1989 12 0.000003121 12 100%
1990 7 0.000001771 7 100%
1991 7 0.000001797 7 100%
1992 8 0.000002083 8 100%
1993 7 0.000001857 7 100%
1994 9 0.000002421 9 100%
1995 9 0.000002458 9 100%
1996 6 0.000001645 6 100%
1997 5 0.000001379 5 100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 100%
1999 5 0.000001354 5 100%
2000 8 0.000002116 8 100%
2001 11 0.000002939 11 100%
2003 7 0.000001841 7 100%
2004 11 0.000002879 11 100%
2005 7 0.000001821 7 100%
2006 7 0.000001769 7 100%
2007 6 0.000001501 6 100%
2008 9 0.00000229 9 100%
2009 8 0.000002094 8 100%
2011 6 0.00000164 6 100%
2012 5 0.000001367 5 100%
2014 6 0.000001619 6 100%
2015 5 0.000001351 5 100%

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