Girl name#698 of girl names
Pam
Pronounced P AE1 M (ARPABET)
- 1 syllable
- Peaked 1959
- 82 years in use
How popular is Pam?
Pam is a girls' name, and first appears in 1915. It has been given to 33,148 children — the 698th most common girls' name on record.
It has left circulation; 1996 is the last year it appears. Its best single year was 1959, when 3,677 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 1 syllable
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- P AE1 M
- Stress pattern:
- 1
- Syllables:
- 1
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Pam
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Pam
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Pam?
- Pam ranks 698th among girls' names in US records, with 33,148 births since 1915. Over the past decade it accounts for 55.
- Is Pam a unisex name?
- No. Pam is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Pam most popular?
- 1959, when 3,677 children were given the name. It last appears in the record in 1996.