Pansy

Last seen for girls in 2018 at #13,793

Peak · girls
1887 · 55 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
10,953
since 1880

Pansy over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Pansy has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201890peak #287, 1887girls
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018#13,7936
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999#14,4115
1998#14,1225
1997
1996#11,8076
1995
1994
1993
1992#10,4797
1991
1990#11,4096
1989#12,3625
1988#11,7985
1987#5,61313
1986#9,5456
1985#10,6775
1984
1983#6,21210
1982
1981#5,57112
1980#10,3925
1979#6,6969
1978#3,51221
1977#4,23516
1976#4,61413
1975#3,15522
1974#3,21221
1973#3,63517
1972#2,68026
1971#2,42731
1970#3,20820
1969#2,39629
1968#2,20530
1967#1,82141
1966#1,64646
1965#2,34526
1964#1,40564
1963#1,44959
1962#1,60749
1961#1,32770
1960#1,41760
1959#1,35862
1958#1,44854
1957#1,23872
1956#1,09689
1955#1,15774
1954#1,08682
1953#1,12175
1952#93598
1951#92898
1950#842109
1949#93091
1948#89694
1947#93789
1946#781111
1945#82483
1944#78794
1943#731112
1942#717108
1941#639123
1940#534164
1939#555145
1938#552152
1937#526157
1936#476181
1935#474180
1934#446213
1933#471192
1932#453210
1931#432224
1930#427242
1929#463204
1928#446233
1927#458231
1926#431256
1925#444240
1924#434259
1923#452229
1922#452230
1921#435245
1920#437234
1919#421239
1918#439229
1917#409238
1916#379273
1915#367267
1914#366208
1913#371170
1912#367157
1911#342135
1910#350129
1909#331120
1908#342107
1907#317119
1906#34294
1905#36287
1904#315106
1903#33289
1902#35780
1901#34976
1900#35790
1899#33082
1898#305104
1897#36963
1896#32679
1895#33871
1894#32276
1893#33664
1892#33364
1891#32559
1890#33757
1889#32956
1888#34349
1887#28755
1886#31843
1885#34833
1884#39825
1883#33628
1882#56011
1881#6238
1880#6288
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Pansy was already there! It came in at #628, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1982, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Pansy
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
  • Biggest jump: 224 spots in 1883 (#560#336)
  • Biggest drop: 186 spots in 1953 (#935#1,121)
Rise & fade · girls
7 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1887 at #287 (55 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 78 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 73 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 73 yrs · run 1880–1952
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,488
  • Highest: 1 in 2,488 girls born in 1898 were named Pansy (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 283,512 girls born in 2018 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #287 in 1887, was only 1 in 2,654 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 21.6% of all girls named Pansy (2,361) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s316#287 (1887)#417
1890s719#305 (1898)#332
1900s968#315 (1904)#340
1910s2,045#342 (1911)#381
1920s2,361#431 (1926)#445
1930s1,896#427 (1930)#481
1940s1,069#534 (1940)#778
1950s813#842 (1950)#1,121
1960s474#1,327 (1961)#1,762
1970s196#2,427 (1971)#3,737
1980s61#5,571 (1981)#9,021
1990s29#10,479 (1992)#12,446
2000s0
2010s6#13,793 (2018)#13,793

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Pansy in 1890

girls
#337
57 births · 1 in 3,340 girls

Top girls' names in 1890

  1. #1Mary12,078
  2. #2Anna5,233
  3. #3Elizabeth3,112
  4. #4Margaret3,100
  5. #5Emma2,980
  6. #6Florence2,744
  7. #7Ethel2,718
  8. #8Minnie2,650
  9. #9Clara2,496
  10. #10Bertha2,388
  11. #337Pansy57
More about 1890

girls

190,377 girls got a published name in 1890; 1 in 3,340 of them was named Pansy, which outranked 78.0% of the 1,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Pansy
  1. #332Leota58
  2. #332Mabelle58
  3. #332Muriel58
  4. #337Pansy57
  5. #337Alpha57
  6. #337Dolly57
  7. #337Helene57
  8. #343Angie56
  9. #343John56
  10. #343Lyda56

Tied with 5 names at #337; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1889
Risers
  1. 612Electa#1,279#667
  2. 586Lular#1,279#693
  3. 548Alvena#1,147#599
  4. 521Prudie#1,279#758
  5. 505Tempie#1,147#642
Fallers
  1. 581Lella#757#1,338
  2. 581Vira#757#1,338
  3. 553Buena#657#1,210
  4. 536Roxana#802#1,338
  5. 499Fleda#839#1,338

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1890