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Pleasant
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About Pleasant
An admirable quality to impart; Pleasant was used by Charles Dickens in Our Mutual Friend and in modern times is known via American Girl dolls creator Pleasant Rowland.
Pronounced PLEZ-unt.
As of October 2026, Pleasant ranked #16065 in US births in 2013 SSA, peaked at #1250 in 1886.
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Pleasant on lists
Famous Pleasants
- Pleasant Williams Thiele Rowland
founder of the American Girl doll company
- Pleasant Gehman
singer for the Los Angeles punk rock band Screamin' Sirens
Pleasant in pop culture
- Pleasant Riderhood
unlicensed pawnbroker in Dickens's "Our Mutual Friend"
- "Pleasant Fieldmouse
" children's book by Jan Wahl
- "Skulduggery Pleasant
" children's fantasy novel by Derek Landy
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