Pleasant is a rare name used for both girls and boys that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Pleasant is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2013. Pleasant first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1924 (22 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 6 | 6 | #16,070 | — |
| 1992 | 5 | — | #14,901 | — |
| 1962 | 5 | — | — | #4,484 |
| 1961 | 7 | — | — | #3,584 |
| 1958 | 5 | — | — | #4,360 |
| 1953 | 8 | — | — | #3,086 |
| 1951 | 8 | — | — | #3,012 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | — | #4,071 |
| 1948 | 5 | — | — | #4,062 |
| 1947 | 6 | — | — | #3,656 |
| 1945 | 5 | — | — | #3,661 |
| 1944 | 9 | — | — | #2,593 |
| 1943 | 8 | — | — | #2,914 |
| 1942 | 5 | — | — | #3,938 |
| 1941 | 6 | — | — | #3,411 |
| 1940 | 9 | — | — | #2,629 |
| 1939 | 8 | — | — | #2,767 |
| 1938 | 7 | — | — | #3,099 |
| 1937 | 8 | — | — | #2,846 |
| 1935 | 7 | — | — | #3,185 |
| 1934 | 5 | — | — | #4,095 |
| 1933 | 11 | — | — | #2,335 |
| 1932 | 14 | — | — | #2,070 |
| 1931 | 9 | — | — | #2,829 |
| 1930 | 7 | — | — | #3,520 |
| 1929 | 11 | — | — | #2,561 |
| 1928 | 15 | — | — | #2,133 |
| 1927 | 17 | — | — | #2,018 |
| 1926 | 21 | — | #5,471 | #2,056 |
| 1925 | 15 | — | — | #2,162 |
| 1924 | 22 | — | — | #1,715 |
| 1923 | 16 | — | — | #2,101 |
| 1922 | 18 | — | — | #1,938 |
| 1921 | 25 | — | #4,975 | #1,883 |
| 1920 | 21 | — | — | #1,732 |
| 1919 | 24 | — | #4,699 | #1,864 |
| 1918 | 12 | — | — | #2,501 |
| 1917 | 22 | — | #4,013 | #2,066 |
| 1916 | 18 | — | #4,995 | #2,232 |
| 1915 | 19 | — | #3,715 | #2,272 |
| 1914 | 9 | — | — | #2,416 |
| 1913 | 12 | — | — | #1,656 |
| 1912 | 12 | — | #2,893 | #2,482 |
| 1911 | 6 | — | — | #1,694 |
| 1908 | 6 | — | — | #1,338 |
| 1907 | 6 | — | — | #1,308 |
| 1904 | 7 | — | — | #1,039 |
| 1900 | 9 | — | — | #956 |
| 1898 | 7 | — | — | #973 |
| 1897 | 5 | — | — | #1,192 |
| 1896 | 7 | — | — | #960 |
| 1894 | 13 | — | #1,662 | #844 |
| 1893 | 17 | — | #1,613 | #601 |
| 1892 | 6 | — | — | #1,046 |
| 1891 | 5 | — | — | #1,094 |
| 1890 | 18 | — | #1,493 | #557 |
| 1888 | 8 | — | — | #803 |
| 1887 | 10 | — | — | #622 |
| 1886 | 17 | — | #1,250 | #568 |
| 1885 | 13 | — | — | #541 |
| 1884 | 6 | — | — | #949 |
| 1883 | 7 | — | — | #785 |
| 1882 | 13 | — | — | #536 |
| 1881 | 12 | — | — | #524 |
| 1880 | 17 | — | — | #439 |