Pansy
Last seen for girls in 2018 at #13,793
- Peak · girls
- 1887 · 55 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 10,953since 1880
Pansy over time
Rank among girls' names. Pansy has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #5,571 | 12 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 |
| 1978 | #3,512 | 21 |
| 1977 | #4,235 | 16 |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 |
| 1975 | #3,155 | 22 |
| 1974 | #3,212 | 21 |
| 1973 | #3,635 | 17 |
| 1972 | #2,680 | 26 |
| 1971 | #2,427 | 31 |
| 1970 | #3,208 | 20 |
| 1969 | #2,396 | 29 |
| 1968 | #2,205 | 30 |
| 1967 | #1,821 | 41 |
| 1966 | #1,646 | 46 |
| 1965 | #2,345 | 26 |
| 1964 | #1,405 | 64 |
| 1963 | #1,449 | 59 |
| 1962 | #1,607 | 49 |
| 1961 | #1,327 | 70 |
| 1960 | #1,417 | 60 |
| 1959 | #1,358 | 62 |
| 1958 | #1,448 | 54 |
| 1957 | #1,238 | 72 |
| 1956 | #1,096 | 89 |
| 1955 | #1,157 | 74 |
| 1954 | #1,086 | 82 |
| 1953 | #1,121 | 75 |
| 1952 | #935 | 98 |
| 1951 | #928 | 98 |
| 1950 | #842 | 109 |
| 1949 | #930 | 91 |
| 1948 | #896 | 94 |
| 1947 | #937 | 89 |
| 1946 | #781 | 111 |
| 1945 | #824 | 83 |
| 1944 | #787 | 94 |
| 1943 | #731 | 112 |
| 1942 | #717 | 108 |
| 1941 | #639 | 123 |
| 1940 | #534 | 164 |
| 1939 | #555 | 145 |
| 1938 | #552 | 152 |
| 1937 | #526 | 157 |
| 1936 | #476 | 181 |
| 1935 | #474 | 180 |
| 1934 | #446 | 213 |
| 1933 | #471 | 192 |
| 1932 | #453 | 210 |
| 1931 | #432 | 224 |
| 1930 | #427 | 242 |
| 1929 | #463 | 204 |
| 1928 | #446 | 233 |
| 1927 | #458 | 231 |
| 1926 | #431 | 256 |
| 1925 | #444 | 240 |
| 1924 | #434 | 259 |
| 1923 | #452 | 229 |
| 1922 | #452 | 230 |
| 1921 | #435 | 245 |
| 1920 | #437 | 234 |
| 1919 | #421 | 239 |
| 1918 | #439 | 229 |
| 1917 | #409 | 238 |
| 1916 | #379 | 273 |
| 1915 | #367 | 267 |
| 1914 | #366 | 208 |
| 1913 | #371 | 170 |
| 1912 | #367 | 157 |
| 1911 | #342 | 135 |
| 1910 | #350 | 129 |
| 1909 | #331 | 120 |
| 1908 | #342 | 107 |
| 1907 | #317 | 119 |
| 1906 | #342 | 94 |
| 1905 | #362 | 87 |
| 1904 | #315 | 106 |
| 1903 | #332 | 89 |
| 1902 | #357 | 80 |
| 1901 | #349 | 76 |
| 1900 | #357 | 90 |
| 1899 | #330 | 82 |
| 1898 | #305 | 104 |
| 1897 | #369 | 63 |
| 1896 | #326 | 79 |
| 1895 | #338 | 71 |
| 1894 | #322 | 76 |
| 1893 | #336 | 64 |
| 1892 | #333 | 64 |
| 1891 | #325 | 59 |
| 1890 | #337 | 57 |
| 1889 | #329 | 56 |
| 1888 | #343 | 49 |
| 1887 | #287 | 55 |
| 1886 | #318 | 43 |
| 1885 | #348 | 33 |
| 1884 | #398 | 25 |
| 1883 | #336 | 28 |
| 1882 | #560 | 11 |
| 1881 | #623 | 8 |
| 1880 | #628 | 8 |
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 1940
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#219 · 1 in 1,345
- West Virginia#266 · 1 in 2,104
- Tennessee#269 · 1 in 2,012
- Kentucky#281 · 1 in 2,047
- Oklahoma#313 · 1 in 2,240
Best ever in a state: #107 in West Virginia, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | #219 | 28 | 1 in 1,345 |
| West Virginia | #266 | 9 | 1 in 2,104 |
| Tennessee | #269 | 14 | 1 in 2,012 |
| Kentucky | #281 | 14 | 1 in 2,047 |
| Missouri | #313 | 9 | 1 in 3,108 |
| Oklahoma | #313 | 9 | 1 in 2,240 |
| South Carolina | #330 | 8 | 1 in 2,737 |
| Mississippi | #342 | 8 | 1 in 2,827 |
| Georgia | #395 | 8 | 1 in 3,969 |
| Virginia | #398 | 5 | 1 in 4,945 |
| Arkansas | #421 | 5 | 1 in 3,823 |
| Texas | #533 | 13 | 1 in 4,623 |
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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
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
- Biggest jump: 224 spots in 1883 (#560 → #336)
- Biggest drop: 186 spots in 1953 (#935 → #1,121)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1887 at #287 (55 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 78 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 73 yrs · run 1880–1952
- 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
- 21.6% of all girls named Pansy (2,361) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 316 | #287 (1887) | #417 |
| 1890s | 719 | #305 (1898) | #332 |
| 1900s | 968 | #315 (1904) | #340 |
| 1910s | 2,045 | #342 (1911) | #381 |
| 1920s | 2,361 | #431 (1926) | #445 |
| 1930s | 1,896 | #427 (1930) | #481 |
| 1940s | 1,069 | #534 (1940) | #778 |
| 1950s | 813 | #842 (1950) | #1,121 |
| 1960s | 474 | #1,327 (1961) | #1,762 |
| 1970s | 196 | #2,427 (1971) | #3,737 |
| 1980s | 61 | #5,571 (1981) | #9,021 |
| 1990s | 29 | #10,479 (1992) | #12,446 |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 6 | #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 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
More about 1940
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1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 6,973 of them was named Pansy, which outranked 89.4% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).