Pleas

Boy · recorded 1880–1988

  • 1988last recorded
  • 1882best year

Most popular in 1882.

Last recorded in 1988. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

05711418801907193419611988

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 78 recorded years as a table
Pleas, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188063
188199
1882114
188367
188444
188583
188663
188749
188841
188963
189045
189159
189282
189380
189577
189650
189762
189841
190066
190273
190342
190455
190553
190645
190775
190937
191057
191149
191235
191316
191424
191628
191715
191818
191924
192016
192117
192222
192321
192419
192513
192619
192715
192813
192911
19309
193116
193211
193311
193410
193514
19368
193710
193910
19407
19419
19439
194410
19457
19467
19476
19485
19494
19507
19515
19523
195310
19544
19553
19563
19603
19612
19633
19673
19683
19783
19795
19883

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Pleas isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1988
5
Rank in 1988
#7,270
How rare
1 in 382,856 boys
Since 1880
831

Pleas was last recorded in 1988. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1882, at 114 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Pleas doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.