Pandora
Pandora was the 4526th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 31 babies. Its best year was 1952, when it ranked 784th with 132 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,446 places. More babies were named Pandora in the 1960s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,526 girls, down 863 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 31girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1952132 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,126babies recorded
Pandora popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,526 | 31 |
| 2020 | #3,663 | 41 |
| 2010 | #3,149 | 53 |
| 2000 | #3,573 | 37 |
| 1990 | #4,815 | 20 |
| 1980 | #7,216 | 9 |
| 1970 | #1,676 | 56 |
| 1960 | #1,135 | 92 |
| 1950 | #2,869 | 14 |
| 1940 | #4,877 | 5 |
| 1930 | #5,093 | 5 |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Pandora, counting every spelling?
Pandora has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Pandora?
31 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Pandora (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Pandora born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 270 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Pandora.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Pandora?
About 2,700 people born in the US named Pandora are alive today, with a median age of 50; half are between 16 and 65. That makes Pandora mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Pandora by state
How common Pandora was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Pandora: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Pandora, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Pandora
How popular is the name Pandora?
Pandora was the 4526th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 31 babies. Its best year was 1952, when it ranked 784th with 132 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,446 places. More babies were named Pandora in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Is Pandora a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Pandora in the US.
Where is Pandora most popular?
In 2021–2025, Pandora was most common in Pennsylvania (0.02 per 1,000 girls).