How Many People Are Named Pandora?

2,725

people named Pandora are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 125,425 people in the US has this name

Based on 3,126 babies named Pandora in Social Security records from 1912 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#5,509

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#3,085

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Peak Year

1952

132 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Greek Mythology
Pronunciation: PAN-DAW-RA (Classical Greek), pan-DAWR-ə (English)
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Means "all gifts", derived from a combination of Greek παν (pan) "all" and δωρον (doron) "gift". In Greek mythology Pandora was the first mortal woman. Zeus gave her a jar containing all of the troubles and ills that mankind now knows, and told her not to open it. Unfortunately her curiosity got the best of her and she opened it, unleashing the evil spirits into the world.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Pandora in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Pandora alive today is about 41 years old, and 41% are under 30. Half of them were between 15 and 64 in 2025.

Under 30 1,128
41.4%
30 to 59 590
21.7%
60 and over 1,007
37%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Pandora first appears in the records in 1912 and was given most often in 1952, to 132 babies. In 2025, 31 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1912 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Pandora has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #783, in 1952. In 2025 it ranked #4,525.

Girls
Rank in 2025#4,525
Best rank#783 (1952)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,378 in the 1960s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Pandora alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Pandora were born in California than in any other state: about 129 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Pandora was given 4.1 times as often in North Carolina, 2.8 times in Florida and 2 times in California.

California 129
New York 96
North Carolina 71
Florida 53
Texas 48
Michigan 42
Ohio 38
South Carolina 38
Illinois 25
Maryland 23
Pennsylvania 16
Virginia 16
Georgia 13
Wisconsin 9
Arizona 6
Alabama 4
West Virginia 4

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