Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
In mythological stories, Pandora is associated with the first mortal woman.
Pandora through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,126
- 0 boys · 3,126 girls
- Most popular year
- 1952
- 132 babies
- 2025
- 31
- #4,526 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −19%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 31 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,526 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 18.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 132 in 1952. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,414 as a first name in 2020; 105 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Pandora’s family of names
Pandora has a related form in Pandorah. Pandora has a related form in Pandorea. Pandora has a related form in Pandoria.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Pandora
Characters named Pandora: Pandora (DC Comics character).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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