Ples

Boy · recorded 1880–1965

  • 1965last recorded
  • 1881best year

Most popular in 1881.

Last recorded in 1965. 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

0458918801901192319441965

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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 54 recorded years as a table
Ples, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188063
188189
188348
188556
188645
188779
188850
188945
189072
189249
189380
189443
189947
190033
190359
191214
191310
19149
19158
19166
191717
191815
191910
19205
19215
19226
19239
192411
192510
192612
192711
192811
19308
19326
19338
19358
19365
19376
19395
19404
19415
19434
19446
19454
19466
19474
19493
19503
19533
19562
19573
19592
19643
19653

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ples 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 1965
5
Rank in 1965
#3,930
How rare
1 in 372,028 boys
Since 1880
388

Ples was last recorded in 1965. 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 1881, at 89 per million boys born.

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

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