Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Pansy

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Pansy
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1916

Peak era

1916

Peak rank proxy

273

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19162024

Peak year

1916

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

10,953

Pansy is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1916, when 273 girls were named Pansy.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 10,953 Americans have been named Pansy and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1916

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