Pandora
Pandora was given to 31 girls in 2025, #4,525 among girls’ names; 3,126 Americans have been recorded with it since 1912 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,710 Americans named Pandora and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (87% of everyone recorded); the median is 50 years old and half are between 16 and 65.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Pandora by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Pandora?
#4,525 among girls’ names, 2025
Pandora fell from #3,080 in 2015 to #4,525 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 30.8 to 19.3 per million.
132 babies in 1952, the peak
Pandora peaked in 1952, when 132 girls were given it, #783 among girls’ names. The 31 births of 2025 are 23% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #4,525 | 19.3 |
| 2024 | 39 | #3,876 | 24.1 |
| 2023 | 41 | #3,752 | 25.6 |
| 2022 | 34 | #4,269 | 20.7 |
| 2021 | 39 | #3,861 | 23.8 |
| 2020 | 41 | #3,662 | 25.4 |
| 2019 | 38 | #3,898 | 22.6 |
| 2018 | 50 | #3,234 | 29.4 |
| 2017 | 54 | #3,043 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 43 | #3,644 | 24.3 |
Every recorded year (102)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 55 | #3,080 | 30.8 |
| 2014 | 48 | #3,357 | 26.9 |
| 2013 | 49 | #3,304 | 27.9 |
| 2012 | 56 | #3,034 | 31.8 |
| 2011 | 52 | #3,210 | 29.6 |
| 2010 | 53 | #3,148 | 29.8 |
| 2009 | 32 | #4,656 | 17.4 |
| 2008 | 39 | #4,069 | 20.6 |
| 2007 | 28 | #5,193 | 14.6 |
| 2006 | 36 | #4,138 | 18.9 |
| 2005 | 30 | #4,555 | 16.2 |
| 2004 | 29 | #4,674 | 15.8 |
| 2003 | 28 | #4,633 | 15.3 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,148 | 17.3 |
| 2001 | 25 | #4,792 | 13.9 |
| 2000 | 37 | #3,568 | 20.4 |
| 1999 | 31 | #3,862 | 17.5 |
| 1998 | 31 | #3,803 | 17.5 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,404 | 8.6 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,695 | 12.5 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,523 | 8.0 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,604 | 5.6 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,862 | 8.8 |
| 1992 | 9 | #9,281 | 4.9 |
| 1991 | 5 | #14,727 | 2.7 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,810 | 10.5 |
| 1989 | 8 | #9,397 | 4.3 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,237 | 9.0 |
| 1987 | 7 | #9,503 | 4.0 |
| 1986 | 6 | #10,486 | 3.5 |
| 1985 | 6 | #10,260 | 3.5 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,854 | 4.2 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,363 | 7.8 |
| 1982 | 9 | #7,296 | 5.3 |
| 1981 | 6 | #10,000 | 3.6 |
| 1980 | 9 | #7,215 | 5.4 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,168 | 11.2 |
| 1978 | 22 | #3,468 | 14.4 |
| 1977 | 18 | #4,015 | 11.7 |
| 1976 | 18 | #3,780 | 12.3 |
| 1975 | 27 | #2,787 | 18.5 |
| 1974 | 25 | #2,888 | 17.0 |
| 1973 | 36 | #2,212 | 24.7 |
| 1972 | 28 | #2,571 | 18.4 |
| 1971 | 37 | #2,202 | 22.2 |
| 1970 | 56 | #1,676 | 32.0 |
| 1969 | 36 | #2,126 | 21.3 |
| 1968 | 48 | #1,699 | 29.3 |
| 1967 | 47 | #1,678 | 28.5 |
| 1966 | 52 | #1,566 | 30.7 |
| 1965 | 78 | #1,224 | 44.2 |
| 1964 | 88 | #1,180 | 46.4 |
| 1963 | 68 | #1,348 | 35.3 |
| 1962 | 71 | #1,321 | 36.1 |
| 1961 | 80 | #1,240 | 39.6 |
| 1960 | 92 | #1,134 | 45.5 |
| 1959 | 49 | #1,564 | 24.2 |
| 1958 | 52 | #1,491 | 25.8 |
| 1957 | 67 | #1,297 | 32.8 |
| 1956 | 86 | #1,113 | 42.8 |
| 1955 | 79 | #1,125 | 40.4 |
| 1954 | 77 | #1,129 | 39.7 |
| 1953 | 92 | #1,005 | 48.9 |
| 1952 | 132 | #783 | 71.2 |
| 1951 | 11 | #3,435 | 6.1 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,868 | 8.2 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,960 | 7.6 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,801 | 5.3 |
| 1947 | 11 | #3,395 | 6.2 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,842 | 8.3 |
| 1945 | 19 | #1,975 | 14.5 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,741 | 5.7 |
| 1942 | 5 | #5,193 | 3.7 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,875 | 4.4 |
| 1939 | 6 | #4,139 | 5.5 |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,391 | 7.2 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,710 | 4.8 |
| 1935 | 6 | #4,104 | 5.7 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,345 | 7.9 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,995 | 9.4 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,929 | 9.4 |
| 1930 | 5 | #5,091 | 4.4 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,456 | 5.4 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,593 | 11.3 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,665 | 10.9 |
| 1926 | 7 | #4,218 | 5.9 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,598 | 7.4 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,920 | 6.4 |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,345 | 5.8 |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,608 | 7.3 |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,703 | 5.2 |
| 1912 | 5 | #3,325 | 9.0 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Pandora a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Pandora has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 102 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Pandora: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Pandora, and how old are they?
2,710 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 87% of the 3,126 Americans ever recorded as Pandora. The median Pandora alive today is 50 years old; half are between 16 and 65.
The 2020 Census counted 2,414 people named Pandora (2,411 women and girls, 3 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,599 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 33 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 890 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 509 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 169 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 547 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 559 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Pandora born?
The states with the most babies named Pandora are California, New York and North Carolina, with 46% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 144 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| New York | 112 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| North Carolina | 84 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Florida | 60 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Texas | 52 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Michigan | 51 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Ohio | 47 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| South Carolina | 45 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 29 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Maryland | 28 | not ranked | 0.5× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Pandora with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
More about Pandora and names like it
- The most given names of the 1950sPandora peaked in 1952.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Pandora since 1910.
- The top names of 1952The year the most babies were named Pandora.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Pandora alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with PMost given first.