Pamila vs Pamla
American parents have registered 795 Pamlas since 1880, against 755 Pamilas. Neither name reached five babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Pamila Pamla
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 42 years in which either name was published, Pamila for 23 years and Pamla for 19 years. The lead changed hands 15 times.
- 1942–1945 Pamla ahead
- 1946–1961 Pamila ahead, apart from 2 short spells
- 1962–1976 Pamla ahead, apart from 2 short spells
- 1977–1984 Pamila ahead
8 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Pamila | Pamla | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 755 | 795 |
| Most in one year | 40 | 39 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 620 | 650 |
| Median age today | 66 | 64 |
| Peak year | 1958 | 1953 |
| Best rank | 1,703rd girls | 1,565th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | unranked |
| First recorded | 1941 | 1941 |
| Girls / boys | 755 / 0 | 795 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Pamilas alive today are over 66; half the Pamlas are over 64. That is 2 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Pamila and Pamla.