Panagiotis
Masculine · “of the all-holy one”
Panagiotis means of the All-Holy, and the All-Holy is the Virgin — Panagia is what Greek Orthodoxy calls her.
How old is the name Panagiotis?
Panagiotis first appears in US birth records in 1963 — 62 years ago. The typical Panagiotis alive today was born around 1991, making them about 34 years old. About 1,300 people named Panagiotis are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Panagiotis most popular?
Panagiotis peaked in 1975, reaching #1407 nationally. Today it ranks #4539, 3,132 places below that high. See the whole 1975 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Panagia to Panagiotis
The story of Panagiotis
Greek Orthodoxy addresses the Virgin as Panagia rather than by name in most liturgical contexts, and the title generated one of the most-used Greek men's names — a man named for her rather than for a saint of his own sex. Its everyday form is Panos or Takis. It reaches American records with Greek emigration and is almost always shortened on arrival.
Meaning
of the all-holy one
From Greek pan, all, and hagios, holy; Panagia, the All-Holy, is the standard Orthodox title for the Virgin Mary, and Panagiotis is the adjectival men's name formed from it.
How the name formed
- Panagia
- Panagiotis
Related forms: Παναγιώτης · Panagiota
Pronouncing Panagiotis
pah-nah-YO-tees
Four syllables with the stress on the third; the gi is a y sound in Greek.
Nicknames for Panagiotis
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1963
- Most boys named
- 198341 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1407reached in 1975
- Change vs 2024
- +57.1%22 in 2025, from 14
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Panagiotis in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Παναγιώτης in Greek — transliteration
- Panagiota in Greek — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, Illinois.
Panagiotiss among us
people named Panagiotis are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 77,640 born in 2025 was named Panagiotis
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Hershal test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Panagiotis's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Hershal climbed just as high around 1918, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Hershal's path sketches the road Panagiotis is walking now.
Panagiotis sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Panagiotis beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Panagiotis in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning with a genuinely central place in Orthodox devotion.
- Panos and Takis are both established Greek short forms.
- Very well used in Greece, so it has a large community behind it.
- Ten letters and four syllables is a great deal for any American form.
- Americans will not attempt the full name and will use a short form.
- The gi is a y sound in Greek, which English readers will not produce.
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Frequently asked
- How many Panagiotiss are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,300 people named Panagiotis are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Panagiotis in 2025?
- Panagiotis ranks #4539 among US boy names in 2025, with 22 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Panagiotis?
- About 1 in every 77,640 US boys born in 2025 was named Panagiotis — 22 in all.
- Will my child share the name Panagiotis with classmates?
- Panagiotis will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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