Pansy

Girl name

Pansy has been given to 10,953 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1916.

Meaning & origin

From pansy (“type of flower”).

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

10,953

Peak year

1916 (273 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

New / returning

Gender split

All girls

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Pansy.

10,928 babies since 1880

10,924 babies since 1880

10,816 babies since 1880

11,259 babies since 1883

10,526 babies since 1880

10,507 babies since 1880

10,447 babies since 1880

11,731 babies since 1880

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