Pansy

Girl · recorded 1880–2018

  • 2018last recorded
  • 1898best year

Most popular in 1898.

Last recorded in 2018. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Pansy.

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

020140218801915194919842018

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 114 recorded years as a table
Pansy, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188088
188187
1882102
1883249
1884194
1885248
1886298
1887377
1888274
1889314
1890299
1891318
1892301
1893301
1894341
1895304
1896332
1897269
1898402
1899352
1900300
1901318
1902303
1903340
1904385
1905298
1906318
1907374
1908320
1909346
1910325
1911323
1912281
1913272
1914273
1915271
1916261
1917220
1918198
1919211
1920195
1921199
1922192
1923190
1924207
1925197
1926216
1927194
1928202
1929183
1930215
1931210
1932197
1933190
1934204
1935172
1936174
1937148
1938138
1939132
1940143
1941102
194280
194380
194471
194563
194671
194750
194855
194953
195064
195154
195253
195340
195442
195538
195644
195735
195827
195931
196030
196135
196225
196331
196434
196515
196627
196725
196818
196917
197011
197119
197217
197312
197414
197515
19769
197710
197814
19796
19803
19817
19836
19853
19863
19877
19883
19893
19903
19924
19963
19983
19993
20184

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Pansy isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2018
6
Rank in 2018
#13,793
How rare
1 in 283,512 girls
Since 1880
10,953

Pansy was last recorded in 2018. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1898, at 402 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Pansy doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.