Pleasant
Last seen for girls in 2013 at #14,582 · Last seen for boys in 1962 at #4,033
Given to boys 89.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 17 births
- Debut · boys
- 17 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 629since 1880
Pleasant over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | — | |
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| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | — | |
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| 1962 | — | #4,033 | 5 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,356 | 7 | |
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| 1958 | — | #3,944 | 5 | |
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| 1953 | — | #2,905 | 8 | |
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | #2,844 | 8 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,681 | 5 | |
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | #3,668 | 5 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,370 | 6 | |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | #3,338 | 5 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,467 | 9 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,732 | 8 | |
| 1942 | — | #3,560 | 5 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,133 | 6 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,478 | 9 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,609 | 8 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,868 | 7 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,680 | 8 | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | #2,951 | 7 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,679 | 5 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,214 | 11 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,995 | 14 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,651 | 9 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,289 | 7 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,452 | 11 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,048 | 15 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,959 | 17 | |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #1,981 | 16 |
| 1925 | — | #2,089 | 15 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,675 | 22 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,020 | 16 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,883 | 18 | |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #1,829 | 19 |
| 1920 | — | #1,694 | 21 | |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #1,811 | 18 |
| 1918 | — | #2,398 | 12 | |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 | #1,986 | 15 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #2,152 | 13 |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | #2,184 | 12 |
| 1914 | — | #2,271 | 9 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,580 | 12 | |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 | #2,269 | 6 |
| 1911 | — | #1,537 | 6 | |
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| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,200 | 6 | |
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| 1904 | — | #966 | 7 | |
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| 1900 | — | #902 | 9 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #885 | 7 | |
| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
| 1896 | — | #900 | 7 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 | #787 | 8 |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | #572 | 12 |
| 1892 | — | #956 | 6 | |
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 | #533 | 13 |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #755 | 8 | |
| 1887 | — | #583 | 10 | |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 | #540 | 12 |
| 1885 | — | #521 | 13 | |
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | #720 | 7 | |
| 1882 | — | #514 | 13 | |
| 1881 | — | #503 | 12 | |
| 1880 | — | #425 | 17 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Pleasant was already there! It came in at #425, and was given to 17 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1889, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Pleasant
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1962
- Biggest jump: 384 spots in 1893 (#956 → #572)
- Biggest drop: 430 spots in 1891 (#533 → #963)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #425 (17 births)
- Births halved by 1883, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1880–1888
- Highest: 1 in 6,499 boys born in 1880 were named Pleasant (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 413,754 boys born in 1962 (0.00%)
- 27.0% of all boys named Pleasant (170) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1991, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 98 | #425 (1880) | #601 |
| 1890s | 63 | #533 (1890) | #832 |
| 1900s | 28 | #902 (1900) | #1,071 |
| 1910s | 103 | #1,537 (1911) | #2,021 |
| 1920s | 170 | #1,675 (1924) | #1,963 |
| 1930s | 76 | #1,995 (1932) | #2,771 |
| 1940s | 53 | #2,467 (1944) | #3,093 |
| 1950s | 26 | #2,844 (1951) | #3,344 |
| 1960s | 12 | #3,356 (1961) | #3,695 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Pleasant in 1893
Top girls' names in 1893
Top boys' names in 1893
More about 1893
girls
212,905 girls got a published name in 1893; 1 in 42,581 of them was named Pleasant, which outranked 13.0% of the 1,652 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 215 names at #1,437; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
112,318 boys got a published name in 1893; 1 in 9,360 of them was named Pleasant, which outranked 51.5% of the 1,179 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 36.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
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- #572Pleasant12
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- #572Arther12
- #572Billie12
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Tied with 42 names at #572; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.