Pleasant

Where Pleasant comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Pleasant.

Pleasant through the years
  1. 1814
    Pleasant A. Hackleman born
    Union Army general
  2. 1829
    Pleasant B. Tully born
    American politician
  3. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #425 among boys with 17 babies in the first year on record, and still its best.
  4. 1883
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #720.
  5. 1992
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Pleasant B. Tully · American politician, 1829–1897
  • Pleasant A. Hackleman · Union Army general, 1814–1862
  • Pleasant T. Chapman · American politician, 1854–1931
  • Pleasant Moorman Miller · American politician, 1800–1849
  • Pleasant Bridgewater · Bahamian politician, born 1960

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.