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 | |
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| 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.
Where Pleasant is popular in 1896
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
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 1896
Top boys' names in 1896
More about 1896
boys
119,565 boys got a published name in 1896; 1 in 17,081 of them was named Pleasant, which outranked 28.9% of the 1,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).