Holding steady.
Popularity of Pamelyn since 1951
Babies named Pamelyn per year in U.S. Social Security records.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 13 |
| 1960s | 42 |
| 1970s | 63 |
| 1980s | 0 |
| 1990s | 0 |
| 2000s | 0 |
| 2010s | 0 |
| 2020s | 0 |
Meaning & origin
Pamelyn is a mid-20th-century American invention, first recorded in Social Security data in 1951. Its peak year came in 1972, reflecting the era's fondness for compound names ending in -lyn. Despite never cracking the top 1000, it saw scattered use through the 1970s. The name has no strong regional ties, with no top states on record. Its trajectory is stable but rare. Pamelyn represents a distinctively modern style, formed from the older name Pamela and the fashionable suffix -lyn, a pattern seen in many names of the period.
Pamelyn is a modern coinage, formed by blending the name Pamela with the suffix -lyn, a fashionable element in mid-20th-century American naming. Pamela itself was coined by the poet Sir Philip Sidney in the 16th century for his prose romance Arcadia, likely from Greek pan 'all' and meli 'honey'. The -lyn suffix derives from names like Lynn, originally a Welsh place name meaning 'lake'. Pamelyn first appeared in U.S. records in 1951 and saw modest use during the 1960s and 1970s.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Pam, Lyn, Pammy
Variants: Pamelynne, Pamlynn
Sibling names for Pamelyn
Names that share Pamelyn's style, for a brother or sister.
