# Pansy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/pansy/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “type of flower” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10,953 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 10,953 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From pansy (“type of flower”).

## What it means

Pansy is grouped under flower.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 9 | 7,129 |
| 1980 | 5 | 11,628 |
| 1981 | 12 | 5,801 |
| 1983 | 10 | 6,569 |
| 1985 | 5 | 11,940 |
| 1986 | 6 | 10,492 |
| 1987 | 13 | 5,842 |
| 1988 | 5 | 13,279 |
| 1989 | 5 | 13,879 |
| 1990 | 6 | 12,464 |
| 1992 | 7 | 11,362 |
| 1996 | 6 | 13,024 |
| 1998 | 5 | 15,931 |
| 1999 | 5 | 16,209 |
| 2018 | 6 | 15,195 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.