Pledger

Boy · recorded 1919–1938

  • 1938last recorded
  • 1920best year

Most popular in 1920.

Last recorded in 1938. 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 1919

04719191924192919331938

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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 4 recorded years as a table
Pledger, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19195
19207
19245
19385

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Pledger 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 1938
6
Rank in 1938
#3,175
How rare
1 in 184,857 boys
Since 1919
24

Pledger was last recorded in 1938. 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 1920, at 7 per million boys born.

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

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