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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201911peak #287, 1887girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
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2018#13,7936
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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.

Where Pansy is popular in 1911

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedIAIndiana: #230 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,575 girlsINOhio: #306 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,356 girlsOHPennsylvania: #325 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,931 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedNEMissouri: #177 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 953 girlsMOKentucky: #253 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,565 girlsKYWest Virginia: #167 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 774 girlsWVVirginia: #231 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,785 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedKSArkansas: #229 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,193 girlsARTennessee: #202 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,109 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #158 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 753 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #254 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,821 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #168 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 797 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedHITexas: #344 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,952 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Carolina#158 · 1 in 753
  2. West Virginia#167 · 1 in 774
  3. Oklahoma#168 · 1 in 797
  4. Missouri#177 · 1 in 953
  5. Tennessee#202 · 1 in 1,109

Best ever in a state: #107 in West Virginia, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Carolina#158171 in 753
West Virginia#16781 in 774
Oklahoma#168101 in 797
Missouri#177121 in 953
Tennessee#20291 in 1,109
Arkansas#22961 in 1,193
Indiana#23051 in 1,575
Virginia#23161 in 1,785
Kentucky#25371 in 1,565
South Carolina#25451 in 1,821
Ohio#30651 in 3,356
Pennsylvania#32571 in 4,931
Texas#344101 in 1,952
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1911

girls
#342
135 births · 1 in 3,099 girls

Top girls' names in 1911

  1. #1Mary24,390
  2. #2Helen11,801
  3. #3Margaret9,279
  4. #4Dorothy8,869
  5. #5Ruth8,003
  6. #6Anna6,753
  7. #7Elizabeth6,298
  8. #8Mildred6,271
  9. #9Marie5,017
  10. #10Frances4,967
  11. #342Pansy135
More about 1911

girls

418,309 girls got a published name in 1911; 1 in 3,099 of them was named Pansy, which outranked 88.1% of the 2,868 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Pansy
  1. #339Joyce136
  2. #339Laverne136
  3. #339Tessie136
  4. #342Pansy135
  5. #342Maud135
  6. #344Arline133
  7. #345Mayme132
  8. #345Nadine132

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1910
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,003Laurette#1,935 → #932
  2. ↑ 683Glenda#1,521 → #838
  3. ↑ 680Ana#1,421 → #741
  4. ↑ 623Vilma#1,521 → #898
  5. ↑ 523Emmaline#1,421 → #898
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,194Alys#997 → #2,191
  2. ↓ 959Leana#997 → #1,956
  3. ↓ 686Coletta#859 → #1,545
  4. ↓ 686Blossom#970 → #1,656
  5. ↓ 659Otis#997 → #1,656

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

See the top 100 for 1911 →