Pleasant
Pleasant was last recorded in 2013, when 6 babies were given it; 702 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 2013 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Pleasant by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Pleasant?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #4,483, in 1962; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
25 babies in 1921, the peak
Pleasant peaked in 1921, when 25 babies were given it (19 boys, #1,882 among boys’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 6 | #16,065 | under 5 | |
| 1992 | 5 | #14,893 | under 5 | |
| 1962 | under 5 | 5 | #4,483 | |
| 1961 | under 5 | 7 | #3,583 | |
| 1958 | under 5 | 5 | #4,359 | |
| 1953 | under 5 | 8 | #3,085 | |
| 1951 | under 5 | 8 | #3,011 | |
| 1950 | under 5 | 5 | #4,069 | |
| 1948 | under 5 | 5 | #4,060 | |
| 1947 | under 5 | 6 | #3,654 |
Every recorded year (65)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | under 5 | 5 | #3,660 | |
| 1944 | under 5 | 9 | #2,592 | |
| 1943 | under 5 | 8 | #2,913 | |
| 1942 | under 5 | 5 | #3,937 | |
| 1941 | under 5 | 6 | #3,410 | |
| 1940 | under 5 | 9 | #2,629 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 8 | #2,767 | |
| 1938 | under 5 | 7 | #3,098 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 8 | #2,846 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 7 | #3,185 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 5 | #4,093 | |
| 1933 | under 5 | 11 | #2,334 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 14 | #2,070 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 9 | #2,828 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 7 | #3,518 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 11 | #2,560 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 15 | #2,133 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 17 | #2,018 | |
| 1926 | 5 | #5,469 | 16 | #2,056 |
| 1925 | under 5 | 15 | #2,161 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 22 | #1,715 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 16 | #2,100 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 18 | #1,938 | |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,973 | 19 | #1,882 |
| 1920 | under 5 | 21 | #1,732 | |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,697 | 18 | #1,863 |
| 1918 | under 5 | 12 | #2,500 | |
| 1917 | 7 | #4,011 | 15 | #2,065 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,993 | 13 | #2,231 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,713 | 12 | #2,271 |
| 1914 | under 5 | 9 | #2,415 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 12 | #1,655 | |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,891 | 6 | #2,481 |
| 1911 | under 5 | 6 | #1,693 | |
| 1908 | under 5 | 6 | #1,337 | |
| 1907 | under 5 | 6 | #1,307 | |
| 1904 | under 5 | 7 | #1,039 | |
| 1900 | under 5 | 9 | #955 | |
| 1898 | under 5 | 7 | #972 | |
| 1897 | under 5 | 5 | #1,191 | |
| 1896 | under 5 | 7 | #959 | |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,661 | 8 | #843 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,613 | 12 | #601 |
| 1892 | under 5 | 6 | #1,045 | |
| 1891 | under 5 | 5 | #1,093 | |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,492 | 13 | #557 |
| 1888 | under 5 | 8 | #803 | |
| 1887 | under 5 | 10 | #622 | |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,250 | 12 | #568 |
| 1885 | under 5 | 13 | #541 | |
| 1884 | under 5 | 6 | #949 | |
| 1883 | under 5 | 7 | #785 | |
| 1882 | under 5 | 13 | #536 | |
| 1881 | under 5 | 12 | #524 | |
| 1880 | under 5 | 17 | #439 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Pleasant a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 702 Americans recorded as Pleasant, 10% are girls and 90% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Pleasant: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Pleasant, and how old are they?
An estimated 67 Americans named Pleasant and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026, too few to state an age range. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 299 people named Pleasant (132 women and girls, 167 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 98 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3.1 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
More about Pleasant and names like it
- The most given names of the 1920sPleasant peaked in 1921.
- Georgia’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Pleasant since 1910.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Pleasant.
- Names starting with PMost given first.