Panayiota — #15695 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Panayiota

The Social Security Administration has registered 112 babies named Panayiota between 1974 and 2024, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Panayiota currently holds the #15695 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Panayiota performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 32 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Panayiota shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Panayiota in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Panayiota 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 112 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.