Recorded 1918–2023 Girls' name Peak 1976 560 births

Panagiota — girls' name

560 babies named Panagiota in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s51960s371970s1901980s1371990s822000s492010s452020s15
1970s
Peak decade

34% of everyone ever named Panagiota was born in this single decade.

1976
Single peak year

27 babies were named Panagiota in 1976 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Panagiota

The Social Security Administration has registered 560 babies named Panagiota between 1918 and 2023, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Panagiota currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Panagiota performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 190 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Panagiota shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 105 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Panagiota in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Panagiota in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 560 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Panagiota at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

560

Since 1918

106 years of records

Peak year

1976

27 births that year

Strongest decade: 1970s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

1918

Recorded for 106 years

Last year on file: 2023

Panagiota popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1918

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (1976)
27
Annual births at peak — across 106 years of records
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Panagiota by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1970s
Peak decade
1970s
190 births that decade — 34% of Panagiota's all-time total
1910s51960s371970s1901980s1371990s822000s492010s452020s15

Panagiota by state

Where Panagiota concentrates geographically — total births since 1918

Geographically diffuse
Top 3 states by recorded births for the name Panagiota
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
105 18.8%
#2 Illinois
33 5.9%
#3 Massachusetts
5 0.9%
New York share of Panagiota's total US births 18.8%
Even split

105 of 560 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Panagiota?
560 babies have been named Panagiota since 1918. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 1976 with 27 births.
When was Panagiota most popular?
Panagiota was most popular in the 1970s decade with 190 total births. The single peak year was 1976.
Where is Panagiota most popular?
The top states for the name Panagiota are New York (105 births), Illinois (33 births), Massachusetts (5 births).
How long has the name Panagiota been used?
Panagiota has been recorded in Social Security data since 1918, spanning 106 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Panagiota?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Pansy, Pandora, Pang, Panayiota, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1918–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.