Pallas
Pallas is a name with a single cultural origin: Greek Mythology.
- Greek Mythology
Meaning & Origin of Pallas
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Pallas is a name with a single cultural origin: Greek Mythology.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Greek Mythology
The Story of Pallas
The earliest SSA record of Pallas as a baby girl name dates back to 1969, when 5 babies received it. 2015 was its biggest year on record, with 11 newborns named Pallas — #9,478 in the national rankings. About 37% of every Pallas on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Pallas last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 98 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
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About the name Pallas
Pallas is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1969 and has accumulated 98 births in the dataset. Pallas's peak popularity came in 2015 when it ranked #9,478. Use the chart and map above to compare Pallas's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.