Pandora

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Pandora: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Pandora: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,006, and it stood at #1,603 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1006highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1997	#1365
1998	#2165
1999	#2444
2000	#2746
2001	#3262
2002	#2868
2003	#4373
2004	#2278
2005	#3970
2006	#3116
2007	#3667
2008	#3860
2009	#2535
2010	#2843
2011	#2150
2012	#1809
2013	#1587
2014	#1094
2015	#1168
2016	#1172
2017	#1105
2018	#1035
2019	#1439
2020	#1313
2021	#1102
2022	#1006
2023	#1008
2024	#1603

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2350 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1006 among girls in England and Wales, in 2022 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1603 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Pandora by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Pandora in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	32	4 of 10	8
2000s	54	10 of 10	5
2010s	231	10 of 10	23
2020sbusiest	142	5 of 10	28

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 28 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Pandora appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1006 in England and Wales in 2022.

Pandora's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1603	19	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1008	34	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1006	34	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1102	31	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1313	24	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1439	21	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1035	34	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1105	31	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1172	29	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1168	29	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1094	32	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1587	19	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1809	16	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2150	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2535	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2278	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2165	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1365	13	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,006, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 34 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,603position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
34births registered in its largest year, 201825 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aima · #1006, 26y
Ranya · #1006, 29y
Jos · #1004, 27y
Lucus · #1008, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aima · #1006, 26y
Ranya · #1006, 29y
Eleanore · #1005, 23y
Jos · #1004, 27y

Pandora and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Pandora without appearing here.

Pandora moved ahead of

Vicki Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #1809 and #5876.
Evan Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3860 and #3860 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #2150 and #5785.
Denise Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1809 and #1720 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1587 and #4739.
Ellinor Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3860 and #3860 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #2535 and #5556.

Moved ahead of Pandora

Frida Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2868 and #3409 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #4373 and #2727.
Audrey Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1365 and #1666 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #2165 and #1319.
Meabh Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1008 and #1288 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1603 and #952.
Ida Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2444 and #2770 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #2746 and #2167.

Moved the opposite way to Pandora

Kristin Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Pandora went from #2350 to #1008 while Kristin went from #1434 to #5687.
Therese Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Pandora went from #2350 to #1008 while Therese went from #2096 to #4709.
Tracey Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Pandora went from #2350 to #1008 while Tracey went from #783 to #5687.
Carol Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Pandora went from #2350 to #1102 while Carol went from #802 to #3519.

Moved the same way as Pandora

Harper Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Pandora went from #3262 to #1603 and Harper from #3262 to #22.
Rory Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Pandora went from #2843 to #1603 and Rory from #5707 to #1603.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1006 in England and Wales in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Pandora

Pandora at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Pandora by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Pandora appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Pandora at a glance

Pandora by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Pandora appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Pandora and the names beside it

Pandora moved ahead of

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