Pandora
Pandora is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 39 births. Its best rank was 784th, in 1952.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 390.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1952132 births
- Best rank
- #784in 1952
- Since 1912
- 3,094people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,094 girls have been named Pandora in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1952, with 132 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1970, and the 1960s alone account for 21%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Pandora | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 11 | |
| 1920s | 72 | |
| 1930s | 58 | |
| 1940s | 83 | |
| 1950s | 659 | |
| 1960s | 660 | |
| 1970s | 285 | |
| 1980s | 87 | |
| 1990s | 173 | |
| 2000s | 315 | |
| 2010s | 498 | |
| 2020s | 193 |
In 1952, its biggest year
Pandora was the 784th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1952 were Linda, Mary, Patricia, Deborah and Susan. See all of 1952.
Names that rose and fell with Pandora
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Melodeepeak 1956
- Ediepeak 1963
- Melodypeak 2024
- Melodiepeak 1956
- Colettepeak 2024
- Maripeak 1957
- Moirapeak 1963
- Janipeak 1960
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.