Meaning not yet researched.
Pansy: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 0 in 2025. Its best rank was #289 in 1887.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Fewer than five US girls were given it in 2025. It peaked at #289 in 1887. No US babies were recorded with the name Pansy in 2025.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
Given to fewer than five US girls in 2025; it peaked at #289 in 1887.
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Pansy: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 0 girls in 2025. Peak: #289 in 1887 · most girls in one year: 273 (1916).
Fewer than five US girls were named Pansy in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #289, reached in 1887. The most girls given the name in a single year was 273, in 1916. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and #847 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Pansy in 114 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 8 babies. In all, 10,953 US babies have been given the name, all of them girls. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 2,361 babies named Pansy.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 6 US girls were named Pansy; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 6.
Rarer spellings such as Panzy, Pansey and Pansie are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Panzy (92), Pansey (80), Pansie (78), Pansye (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Pansy in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6 | #15,195 | — | — |
| 1999 | 5 | #16,209 | — | — |
| 1998 | 5 | #15,931 | — | — |
| 1996 | 6 | #13,024 | — | — |
| 1992 | 7 | #11,362 | — | — |
| 1990 | 6 | #12,464 | — | — |
| 1989 | 5 | #13,879 | — | — |
| 1988 | 5 | #13,279 | — | — |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,842 | — | — |
| 1986 | 6 | #10,492 | — | — |
| 1985 | 5 | #11,940 | — | — |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,569 | — | — |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,801 | — | — |
| 1980 | 5 | #11,628 | — | — |
| 1979 | 9 | #7,129 | — | — |
| 1978 | 21 | #3,601 | — | — |
| 1977 | 16 | #4,367 | — | — |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,822 | — | — |
| 1975 | 22 | #3,227 | — | — |
| 1974 | 21 | #3,282 | — | — |
| 1973 | 17 | #3,749 | — | — |
| 1972 | 26 | #2,722 | — | — |
| 1971 | 31 | #2,459 | — | — |
| 1970 | 20 | #3,278 | — | — |
| 1969 | 29 | #2,438 | — | — |
| 1968 | 30 | #2,229 | — | — |
| 1967 | 41 | #1,840 | — | — |
| 1966 | 46 | #1,661 | — | — |
| 1965 | 26 | #2,390 | — | — |
| 1964 | 64 | #1,416 | — | — |
| 1963 | 59 | #1,457 | — | — |
| 1962 | 49 | #1,621 | — | — |
| 1961 | 70 | #1,338 | — | — |
| 1960 | 60 | #1,425 | — | — |
| 1959 | 62 | #1,368 | — | — |
| 1958 | 54 | #1,459 | — | — |
| 1957 | 72 | #1,244 | — | — |
| 1956 | 89 | #1,098 | — | — |
| 1955 | 74 | #1,164 | — | — |
| 1954 | 82 | #1,091 | — | — |
| 1953 | 75 | #1,128 | — | — |
| 1952 | 98 | #943 | — | — |
| 1951 | 98 | #934 | — | — |
| 1950 | 109 | #847 | — | — |
| 1949 | 91 | #933 | — | — |
| 1948 | 94 | #902 | — | — |
| 1947 | 89 | #941 | — | — |
| 1946 | 111 | #783 | — | — |
| 1945 | 83 | #828 | — | — |
| 1944 | 94 | #791 | — | — |
| 1943 | 112 | #732 | — | — |
| 1942 | 108 | #718 | — | — |
| 1941 | 123 | #643 | — | — |
| 1940 | 164 | #534 | — | — |
| 1939 | 145 | #556 | — | — |
| 1938 | 152 | #556 | — | — |
| 1937 | 157 | #528 | — | — |
| 1936 | 181 | #476 | — | — |
| 1935 | 180 | #474 | — | — |
| 1934 | 213 | #446 | — | — |
| 1933 | 192 | #471 | — | — |
| 1932 | 210 | #453 | — | — |
| 1931 | 224 | #432 | — | — |
| 1930 | 242 | #432 | — | — |
| 1929 | 204 | #464 | — | — |
| 1928 | 233 | #447 | — | — |
| 1927 | 231 | #460 | — | — |
| 1926 | 256 | #432 | — | — |
| 1925 | 240 | #446 | — | — |
| 1924 | 259 | #434 | — | — |
| 1923 | 229 | #453 | — | — |
| 1922 | 230 | #452 | — | — |
| 1921 | 245 | #436 | — | — |
| 1920 | 234 | #439 | — | — |
| 1919 | 239 | #421 | — | — |
| 1918 | 229 | #439 | — | — |
| 1917 | 238 | #409 | — | — |
| 1916 | 273 | #379 | — | — |
| 1915 | 267 | #367 | — | — |
| 1914 | 208 | #366 | — | — |
| 1913 | 170 | #371 | — | — |
| 1912 | 157 | #369 | — | — |
| 1911 | 135 | #343 | — | — |
| 1910 | 129 | #353 | — | — |
| 1909 | 120 | #334 | — | — |
| 1908 | 107 | #344 | — | — |
| 1907 | 119 | #318 | — | — |
| 1906 | 94 | #345 | — | — |
| 1905 | 87 | #364 | — | — |
| 1904 | 106 | #316 | — | — |
| 1903 | 89 | #332 | — | — |
| 1902 | 80 | #360 | — | — |
| 1901 | 76 | #351 | — | — |
| 1900 | 90 | #357 | — | — |
| 1899 | 82 | #333 | — | — |
| 1898 | 104 | #308 | — | — |
| 1897 | 63 | #370 | — | — |
| 1896 | 79 | #330 | — | — |
| 1895 | 71 | #341 | — | — |
| 1894 | 76 | #323 | — | — |
| 1893 | 64 | #337 | — | — |
| 1892 | 64 | #334 | — | — |
| 1891 | 59 | #330 | — | — |
| 1890 | 57 | #340 | — | — |
| 1889 | 56 | #331 | — | — |
| 1888 | 49 | #345 | — | — |
| 1887 | 55 | #289 | — | — |
| 1886 | 43 | #323 | — | — |
| 1885 | 33 | #351 | — | — |
| 1884 | 25 | #405 | — | — |
| 1883 | 28 | #342 | — | — |
| 1882 | 11 | #592 | — | — |
| 1881 | 8 | #665 | — | — |
| 1880 | 8 | #667 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).