Name gender of PLEASANT
Why did the gender of PLEASANT change form "Masculine & Feminine" to "Feminine"? I need and explanation"!By the way, the name PLEASANT was given to 17 boys in 1880.
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It didn't change. Your six submissions for this name were deleted. 18 boys doesn't make a name unisex. Also, the SSA data before 1935 is extremely flawed, considering Social Security didn't even exist then. The names were counted retroactively and mistakes were made.
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The Social Security data is far from perfect. However, there are at least five boys born named Pleasant every year in the data between 1880 and 1888 and during that period it only turns up with more than five for girls once (in 1886, when there are six girls and 12 boys listed), so in the 1880s Pleasant is indeed highly likely to have been a predominantly male name in the USA.
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Fair enough, but that does not mean Leo needs to submit it as many times as he has. This is an ongoing issue with him.
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Agreed. He has submitted it so many times. He even blamed me for editing it, which I did not.
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