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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Pansy

Pansy was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1887, when it ranked 289th; the most babies were born in 1916 (273). More babies were named Pansy in the 1920s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1916273 babies
Total since 1880
10,953babies recorded

Pansy popularity since 1880

0125250375500 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990#12,4646
1980#11,6285
1970#3,27820
1960#1,42560
1950#847109
1940#534164
1930#432242
1920#439234
1910#353129
1900#35790
1890#34057
1880#6678

How popular is Pansy, counting every spelling?

Pansy has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Pansy?

About 2,300 people born in the US named Pansy are alive today, with a median age of 74; half are between 64 and 84. That makes Pansy a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Pansy by state

How common Pansy was among girls born in each state in 1914–1918, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in West Virginia (5.5×), North Carolina (3.9×), Missouri (3.4×), Kentucky (2.7×), Florida (2.5×). In 27 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesMN0.05Illinois: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesIL0.17Michigan: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesMI0.07New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesMA0.05Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesIA0.10Indiana: 0.37 per 1,000 babiesIN0.37Ohio: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesOH0.07Pennsylvania: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesPA0.04New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesCA0.07Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesNE0.13Missouri: 0.83 per 1,000 babiesMO0.83Kentucky: 0.65 per 1,000 babiesKY0.65West Virginia: 1.3 per 1,000 babiesWV1.3Virginia: 0.39 per 1,000 babiesVA0.39Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: 0.26 per 1,000 babiesKS0.26Arkansas: 0.59 per 1,000 babiesAR0.59Tennessee: 0.49 per 1,000 babiesTN0.49North Carolina: 0.94 per 1,000 babiesNC0.94South Carolina: 0.52 per 1,000 babiesSC0.52District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.51 per 1,000 babiesOK0.51Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: 0.27 per 1,000 babiesAL0.27Georgia: 0.24 per 1,000 babiesGA0.24Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.36 per 1,000 babiesTX0.36Florida: 0.60 per 1,000 babiesFL0.60
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Pansy, girls, 1914–1918. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Pansy: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Pansy, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Pansy

How popular is the name Pansy?

Pansy was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1887, when it ranked 289th; the most babies were born in 1916 (273). More babies were named Pansy in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Is Pansy a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 10,953 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Pansy most popular?

In 1914–1918, Pansy was most common in West Virginia (1.32 per 1,000 girls), followed by North Carolina and Missouri.