Pamela
Usage of Pamela in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Pamela against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Pamela is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Featured in baby name books
Pamela is usually connected with Greek honey, read as “all honey” or “sweet as honey.” Poet Sir Philip Sidney invented the name for Arcadia, and Samuel Richardson’s 1740 novel Pamela spread it further. Pamela entered the top ten in the 1950s and held on into the 1970s and early 1980s before fading; Pamela Anderson is a famous modern bearer. The namesake is Pamela Des Barres, the legendary rock groupie who partied with Frank Zappa, Keith Moon and Jimi Hendrix.
Pamela in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 82 girls were named Pamela, making it the #2239 girls' name in the US. Since 1895, 595,076 girls have been named Pamela, with the most (27,361) in 1954. It is most common, relative to births, in Illinois, New York and Florida.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Storms named Pamela
Tropical storms, hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones that have been named Pamela, newest first.
| Storm | Year | Ocean | Peak wind |
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| Hurricane Pamela (Category 1) | 2021 | Eastern Pacific | 120 km/h |
| Typhoon Pamela (Category 3) | 1982 | Western Pacific | 185 km/h |
| Tropical storm Pamela | 1979 | Western Pacific | 83 km/h |
| Typhoon Pamela (Category 4) | 1976 | Western Pacific | 241 km/h |
| Typhoon Pamela (Category 3) | 1972 | Western Pacific | 204 km/h |
| Tropical storm Pamela | 1972 | Western Pacific | – |
| Tropical storm Pamela | 1970 | Western Pacific | 93 km/h |
| Typhoon Pamela (Category 2) | 1966 | Western Pacific | 167 km/h |
| Tropical storm Pamela | 1964 | Western Pacific | 93 km/h |
| Typhoon Pamela (Category 5) | 1961 | Western Pacific | 287 km/h |
…and 2 earlier storms.
Source: IBTrACS, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Peak wind is the highest sustained wind recorded for the storm.
Towns named Pamela
There are 3 towns and villages with Pamela in their name, in 3 countries.
🇲🇽 Mexico 1🇲🇿 Mozambique 1🇺🇸 United States 1
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Pamela | Tamaulipas, 🇲🇽 Mexico | – | Map |
| Pamela | Cabo Delgado Province, 🇲🇿 Mozambique | – | Map |
| Pamela Estates | Ohio, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Pamela
There are 3 lakes and reservoirs with Pamela in their name, in 2 countries.
🇨🇦 Canada 2🇺🇸 United States 1
| Name | Where | |
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| Lake Pamela | Florida, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Pamela Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Pamela Lake | British Columbia, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Pamela songs
6 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Pamela in their title. The best known:
- Pamela – Toto (1988)
- Tommy & Pamela
- Pamela – Mats Bergmans
- Pamela – Boaz Sharabi (1971)
- O Pamela – Steven Allen
- Pamela / Och hon sa – Arvingarna (1997)
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Pamela
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Pamela.
Pamela Adlon
Pamela Anderson
Pamela Bach
Pamela Brown
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Fictional characters named Pamela
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Pamela as a pet name
FurryName has found 11 dogs named Pamela in public pet registers, making it the #3,964 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Basel (2), Worcester (2), Noosa (1). Pamela as a dog name →
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