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.

Pleasant*

#5,960 most common boys' name of all time · #14,831 across all names · 90% boys / 10% girls · used 1880–2013 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#5,960
Rank overall
#14,831 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
65 of 146
All-time
702
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1921 #1,835
Best rank
#439 1880
📖The word “pleasant” appears in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 25/yr
1880190019201940196019802000

Pleasant 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
2013 6 — 6 —
1992 5 — 5 —
1962 — 5 5 #4,060
1961 — 7 7 #3,374
1958 — 5 5 #3,962
1953 — 8 8 #2,917
1951 — 8 8 #2,859
1950 — 5 5 #3,705
1948 — 5 5 #3,698
1947 — 6 6 #3,386
1945 — 5 5 #3,367
1944 — 9 9 #2,482
1943 — 8 8 #2,746
1942 — 5 5 #3,583
1941 — 6 6 #3,157
1940 — 9 9 #2,498
1939 — 8 8 #2,623
1938 — 7 7 #2,886
1937 — 8 8 #2,696
1935 — 7 7 #2,970
1934 — 5 5 #3,707
1933 — 11 11 #2,224
1932 — 14 14 #2,003
1931 — 9 9 #2,664
1930 — 7 7 #3,300
1929 — 11 11 #2,462
1928 — 15 15 #2,058
1927 — 17 17 #1,964
1926 5 16 21 #1,989
1925 — 15 15 #2,097
1924 — 22 22 #1,679
1923 — 16 16 #2,030
1922 — 18 18 #1,887
1921 6 19 25 #1,835
1920 — 21 21 #1,698
1919 6 18 24 #1,812
1918 — 12 12 #2,408
1917 7 15 22 #1,999
1916 5 13 18 #2,158
1915 7 12 19 #2,192
1914 — 9 9 #2,287
1913 — 12 12 #1,588
1912 6 6 12 #2,292
1911 — 6 6 #1,558
1908 — 6 6 #1,228
1907 — 6 6 #1,220
1904 — 7 7 #976
1900 — 9 9 #910
1898 — 7 7 #901
1897 — 5 5 #1,085
1896 — 7 7 #910
1894 5 8 13 #800
1893 5 12 17 #583
1892 — 6 6 #969
1891 — 5 5 #982
1890 5 13 18 #539
1888 — 8 8 #764
1887 — 10 10 #596
1886 5 12 17 #547
1885 — 13 13 #526
1884 — 6 6 #865
1883 — 7 7 #734
1882 — 13 13 #518
1881 — 12 12 #508
1880 — 17 17 #439