Feminine dossier · first seen 1912

Pandora

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Pandora
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1952

Peak rank proxy

132

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1912Peak 19522024

Peak year

1952

Decline from peak

70.5%

2024

All-time

3,094

Pandora has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1952, when 132 girls were named Pandora.

In 2024, only 39 girls were given the name.

Down 70.5% from its peak.

All told, about 3,094 Americans have been named Pandora and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1912.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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