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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201913peak #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 1913

  • 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: #308 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,308 girlsILWisconsin: 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: #289 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,642 girlsINOhio: #365 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,556 girlsOHPennsylvania: #477 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 10,423 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: #204 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,133 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: #156 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 748 girlsWVVirginia: #261 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,217 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: #205 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,223 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedARTennessee: #248 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,612 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #183 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 975 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #299 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,494 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #328 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,311 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedMSAlabama: #386 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,336 girlsALGeorgia: #411 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,127 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedHITexas: #336 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,864 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Pansy, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. West Virginia#156 · 1 in 748
  2. North Carolina#183 · 1 in 975
  3. Missouri#204 · 1 in 1,133
  4. Kansas#205 · 1 in 1,223
  5. Tennessee#248 · 1 in 1,612

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#156121 in 748
North Carolina#183191 in 975
Missouri#204151 in 1,133
Kansas#20571 in 1,223
Tennessee#24891 in 1,612
Virginia#26171 in 2,217
Indiana#28951 in 2,642
South Carolina#29951 in 2,494
Illinois#308101 in 3,308
Oklahoma#32851 in 2,311
Texas#336161 in 1,864
Ohio#36561 in 4,556
Alabama#38651 in 3,336
Georgia#41151 in 4,127
Pennsylvania#47751 in 10,423
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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 1913

girls
#371
170 births · 1 in 3,674 girls

Top girls' names in 1913

  1. #1Mary36,642
  2. #2Helen18,888
  3. #3Dorothy14,674
  4. #4Margaret14,486
  5. #5Ruth12,609
  6. #6Mildred9,921
  7. #7Anna9,687
  8. #8Elizabeth9,505
  9. #9Frances7,694
  10. #10Marie7,353
  11. #371Pansy170
More about 1913

girls

624,546 girls got a published name in 1913; 1 in 3,674 of them was named Pansy, which outranked 90.0% of the 3,707 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Pansy
  1. #368Corine172
  2. #369Antonia171
  3. #369Oma171
  4. #371Pansy170
  5. #372Maud168
  6. #373Leone167
  7. #374Cynthia165
Biggest movers since 1912
Risers
  1. ↑ 963Dominga#1,844 → #881
  2. ↑ 931Stacia#1,844 → #913
  3. ↑ 576Olympia#1,477 → #901
  4. ↑ 559Lilah#1,540 → #981
  5. ↑ 445Elfrieda#1,297 → #852
Fallers
  1. ↓ 806Karen#960 → #1,766
  2. ↓ 572Erie#833 → #1,405
  3. ↓ 559Gertha#846 → #1,405
  4. ↓ 527Lossie#938 → #1,465
  5. ↓ 505Ardelia#960 → #1,465

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

See the top 100 for 1913 →