Girls' name · since 1955
Panda
Panda has 88 recorded births since 1955 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1964 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,595 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 88
- born since 1955
- 1960s
- peak decade
Panda is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 88 have been recorded since 1955.
Social Security Administration records show Panda recorded 88 times among girls since 1955, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1960s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1955 to 1986.
- #28,595 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 88 born since 1955
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Panda ranks #28,595 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 88 born since 1955, peaking in the 1960s.
- #28,595 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 88
- born since 1955
- 1960s
- peak decade
Panda's 88 recorded births place it above 60.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Panda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Panda's SSA record in two at 1964 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1958, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1964 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Panda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1955–1986
- Peak year (1964)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Panda by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (42 births, 48% of the file).
1960s was Panda's strongest decade.
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Panda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
30 births
- 1960s
1960s
42 births
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 42 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Panda's decade-level peak was the 1960s (42 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Panda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1955–1986 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Panda draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.