Pleasant peaked in the US in 1880 at #425, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.
Pleasant as a boy’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
1962
#4,033 (5)
1961
#3,356 (7)
1958
#3,944 (5)
1953
#2,905 (8)
1951
#2,844 (8)
1950
#3,681 (5)
1948
#3,668 (5)
1947
#3,370 (6)
1945
#3,338 (5)
1944
#2,467 (9)
1943
#2,732 (8)
1942
#3,560 (5)
1941
#3,133 (6)
1940
#2,478 (9)
1939
#2,609 (8)
Pleasant as a girl’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2013
#14,582 (6)
1992
#13,317 (5)
1926
#4,851 (5)
1921
#4,464 (6)
1919
#4,251 (6)
1917
#3,713 (7)
1916
#4,417 (5)
1915
#3,434 (7)
1912
#2,634 (6)
1894
#1,485 (5)
1893
#1,437 (5)
1890
#1,338 (5)
1886
#1,108 (5)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1880 at #425.
In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
In 1926, 24% of US babies named Pleasant were girls.