Pandora
About Pandora
Pandora has occasionally been used by the British gentry (for girls with brothers who might be called Peregrine) and is now starting to be heard in the US too: It was given to 34 baby girls last year.
Down side: Pandora was the mythological first woman on earth whose curiosity caused her to lift a forbidden box and inadvertently unleash all the evils of the world. But perhaps she's paid the price long enough--Pandora is riding the wave of mythological names used for babies after centuries of being confined to legend.
Pandora is the eponymous title character of an Anne Rice vampire novel, and appears in the Adrian Mole books. There was a Pandora character on Skins, who was adorably called Panda.
As of October 2026, Pandora ranked #4526 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #784 in 1952, Nameberry popularity #657.
Editor's take: The name Pandora is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "all gifted".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #3,359 | 48 | 26.9 |
| 2015 | #3,079 | 55 | 30.8 |
| 2016 | #3,644 | 43 | 24.3 |
| 2017 | #3,042 | 54 | 31.3 |
| 2018 | #3,234 | 50 | 29.4 |
| 2019 | #3,896 | 38 | 22.6 |
| 2020 | #3,658 | 41 | 25.4 |
| 2021 | #3,861 | 39 | 23.8 |
| 2022 | #4,268 | 34 | 20.7 |
| 2023 | #3,816 | 40 | 24.9 |
| 2024 | #3,857 | 39 | 24.1 |
| 2025 | #4,526 | 31 | 19.3 |
World rankings
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Famous Pandoras
- Pandora Beatrice Collin
English actress
- Pandora Boxx
stage name of Michael Steck, American drag queen of "RuPaul's Drag Race"
- Pandora Delevingne
mother of English model/actress Cara Delevingne
- Pandora Lorna Mary Cooper
Key, English designer; stepsister of actress Gabriella Wilde and half,sister of Isabella Calthorpe
- Pandora Vanderpump
Todd, daughter of reality TV personality Lisa Vanderpump
- Pandora Reid
daughter of musician William Reid of the Jesus and Mary Chain
Pandora in pop culture
- Pandora
in "The Underland Chronicles" by Suzanne Collins
- Pandora "Panda" Moon
character on TV series "Skins"
- Pandora Lovegood
Luna's mother in the "Harry Potter" series
- Pandora Halfdanarson
in "Big Brother" by Lionel Shriver
- Pandora
main character in the Pandora series by Carolyn Hennesy
- Pandora Braithwaite
love interest in the Adrian Mole series
- Pandora Radio
music streaming app
- Pandora
planet in movie "Avatar"
- Pandora
planet in the Borderlands video games
- Pandora
jewelry store known for charm bracelets
- Pandora's box
an artifact in Greek mythology
Variations & nicknames
- Pan
- Panda
- Dora