Pandora
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- pan-DOR-a
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,868 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,459 for girls
Pandora is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “all gifts”. In 2025 it ranked 1,868th for girls in the UK (16 babies) and 4,459th for girls in the US (31 babies).
What does Pandora mean?
Greek: from pan, all, and doron, gift
“all gifts”
In Greek myth Pandora, the first woman, opened a jar (later called a box) that released the world's evils, leaving hope inside.
Is Pandora a girl's or a boy's name?
Pandora is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the UK and 31 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Pandora in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,868among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were named Pandora, making it the 1,868th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,389th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 35 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Pandora than any year since 2012.
Half of all the girls named Pandora in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,809th in England and Wales.
Pandora in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,868 |
| 2024 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2023 | 35 | #1,051 |
| 2022 | 34 | #1,066 |
| 2021 | 31 | #1,162 |
| 2020 | 24 | #1,389 |
| 2019 | 21 | #1,531 |
| 2018 | 35 | #1,073 |
| 2017 | 31 | #1,186 |
| 2016 | 31 | #1,189 |
| 2015 | 30 | #1,216 |
| 2014 | 32 | #1,149 |
| 2013 | 21 | #1,559 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,914 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 13 | #1,466 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Pandora in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,459among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 52,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 31 girls in the US were named Pandora, making it the 4,459th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,606th. Its busiest year was 1952, with 132 girls. It first appears in the records in 1912.
2025 had fewer girls named Pandora than any year since 2007.
Half of all the girls named Pandora in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Pandora in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #4,459 |
| 2024 | 39 | #3,822 |
| 2023 | 41 | #3,707 |
| 2022 | 34 | #4,200 |
| 2021 | 39 | #3,800 |
| 2020 | 41 | #3,606 |
| 2019 | 38 | #3,850 |
| 2018 | 50 | #3,200 |
| 2017 | 54 | #3,014 |
| 2016 | 43 | #3,588 |
| 2015 | 55 | #3,059 |
| 2014 | 48 | #3,324 |
| 2013 | 49 | #3,266 |
| 2012 | 56 | #3,005 |
| 2011 | 52 | #3,172 |
| 2010 | 53 | #3,122 |
| 2009 | 32 | #4,570 |
| 2008 | 39 | #4,005 |
| 2007 | 28 | #5,095 |
| 2006 | 36 | #4,072 |
| 2005 | 30 | #4,483 |
| 2004 | 29 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 28 | #4,531 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,067 |
| 2001 | 25 | #4,683 |
| 2000 | 37 | #3,522 |
| 1999 | 31 | #3,800 |
| 1998 | 31 | #3,727 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,578 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,689 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,060 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,051 |
| 1978 | 22 | #3,388 |
| 1977 | 18 | #3,910 |
| 1976 | 18 | #3,677 |
| 1975 | 27 | #2,743 |
| 1974 | 25 | #2,835 |
| 1973 | 36 | #2,171 |
| 1972 | 28 | #2,523 |
| 1971 | 37 | #2,175 |
| 1970 | 56 | #1,653 |
| 1969 | 36 | #2,102 |
| 1968 | 48 | #1,678 |
| 1967 | 47 | #1,659 |
| 1966 | 52 | #1,548 |
| 1965 | 78 | #1,218 |
| 1964 | 88 | #1,172 |
| 1963 | 68 | #1,340 |
| 1962 | 71 | #1,314 |
| 1961 | 80 | #1,231 |
| 1960 | 92 | #1,130 |
| 1959 | 49 | #1,551 |
| 1958 | 52 | #1,480 |
| 1957 | 67 | #1,288 |
| 1956 | 86 | #1,113 |
| 1955 | 79 | #1,117 |
| 1954 | 77 | #1,122 |
| 1953 | 92 | #1,000 |
| 1952 | 132 | #782 |
| 1951 | 11 | #3,283 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,780 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,849 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,591 |
| 1947 | 11 | #3,238 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,738 |
| 1945 | 19 | #1,940 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,492 |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,780 |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,179 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,740 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,108 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,829 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,748 |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,496 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,551 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,872 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,361 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,009 |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,399 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,289 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,977 |
Nicknames for Pandora
- Dora 25 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Pandora
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Pandora: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/pandora, updated 20 October 2026.