Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Pansy

#1,533 most common girls' name of all time · #2,654 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1880–2018

Rank among girls
#1,533
Rank overall
#2,654 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
114 of 146
All-time
10,953
Since 2016
6
Peak year
1916 #379
Best rank
#289 1887
Girls Boys peak 273/yr
1880190019201940196019802000

Pansy is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2018 6 — 6 #13,801
1999 5 — 5 #14,421
1998 5 — 5 #14,137
1996 6 — 6 #11,819
1992 7 — 7 #10,489
1990 6 — 6 #11,418
1989 5 — 5 #12,372
1988 5 — 5 #11,816
1987 13 — 13 #5,618
1986 6 — 6 #9,561
1985 5 — 5 #10,688
1983 10 — 10 #6,217
1981 12 — 12 #5,575
1980 5 — 5 #10,410
1979 9 — 9 #6,704
1978 21 — 21 #3,515
1977 16 — 16 #4,243
1976 13 — 13 #4,619
1975 22 — 22 #3,158
1974 21 — 21 #3,215
1973 17 — 17 #3,644
1972 26 — 26 #2,684
1971 31 — 31 #2,428
1970 20 — 20 #3,212
1969 29 — 29 #2,399
1968 30 — 30 #2,207
1967 41 — 41 #1,824
1966 46 — 46 #1,649
1965 26 — 26 #2,349
1964 64 — 64 #1,407
1963 59 — 59 #1,452
1962 49 — 49 #1,607
1961 70 — 70 #1,329
1960 60 — 60 #1,419
1959 62 — 62 #1,359
1958 54 — 54 #1,453
1957 72 — 72 #1,238
1956 89 — 89 #1,097
1955 74 — 74 #1,158
1954 82 — 82 #1,087
1953 75 — 75 #1,121
1952 98 — 98 #936
1951 98 — 98 #930
1950 109 — 109 #843
1949 91 — 91 #930
1948 94 — 94 #897
1947 89 — 89 #938
1946 111 — 111 #782
1945 83 — 83 #825
1944 94 — 94 #788
1943 112 — 112 #731
1942 108 — 108 #717
1941 123 — 123 #642
1940 164 — 164 #534
1939 145 — 145 #557
1938 152 — 152 #554
1937 157 — 157 #526
1936 181 — 181 #476
1935 180 — 180 #474
1934 213 — 213 #446
1933 192 — 192 #471
1932 210 — 210 #453
1931 224 — 224 #432
1930 242 — 242 #429
1929 204 — 204 #463
1928 233 — 233 #447
1927 231 — 231 #458
1926 256 — 256 #431
1925 240 — 240 #445
1924 259 — 259 #434
1923 229 — 229 #453
1922 230 — 230 #452
1921 245 — 245 #436
1920 234 — 234 #439
1919 239 — 239 #421
1918 229 — 229 #439
1917 238 — 238 #409
1916 273 — 273 #379
1915 267 — 267 #367
1914 208 — 208 #366
1913 170 — 170 #371
1912 157 — 157 #368
1911 135 — 135 #343
1910 129 — 129 #353
1909 120 — 120 #332
1908 107 — 107 #343
1907 119 — 119 #318
1906 94 — 94 #343
1905 87 — 87 #365
1904 106 — 106 #316
1903 89 — 89 #332
1902 80 — 80 #360
1901 76 — 76 #350
1900 90 — 90 #357
1899 82 — 82 #333
1898 104 — 104 #307
1897 63 — 63 #370
1896 79 — 79 #330
1895 71 — 71 #341
1894 76 — 76 #323
1893 64 — 64 #337
1892 64 — 64 #334
1891 59 — 59 #329
1890 57 — 57 #342
1889 56 — 56 #333
1888 49 — 49 #346
1887 55 — 55 #289
1886 43 — 43 #325
1885 33 — 33 #353
1884 25 — 25 #407
1883 28 — 28 #342
1882 11 — 11 #586
1881 8 — 8 #648
1880 8 — 8 #667