Ples
- Last seen for boys in 1965 at #3,930
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 9 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 388since 1880
Ples over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Ples has never cracked the top 500 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | — | |
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| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | #2,534 | 9 |
| 1945 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #2,633 | 8 |
| 1943 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #2,719 | 8 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,738 | 8 |
| 1932 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,781 | 9 |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,387 | 12 |
| 1927 | #2,408 | 12 |
| 1926 | #2,302 | 13 |
| 1925 | #2,588 | 11 |
| 1924 | #2,473 | 12 |
| 1923 | #2,772 | 10 |
| 1922 | #3,532 | 7 |
| 1921 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1919 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1918 | #2,073 | 15 |
| 1917 | #1,900 | 16 |
| 1916 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #3,082 | 7 |
| 1914 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | #2,821 | 5 |
| 1912 | #2,269 | 6 |
| 1911 | — | |
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| 1903 | #910 | 7 |
| 1902 | — | |
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| 1900 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | #1,051 | 5 |
| 1898 | — | |
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| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | #705 | 9 |
| 1892 | #956 | 6 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #739 | 8 |
| 1889 | #974 | 5 |
| 1888 | #917 | 6 |
| 1887 | #679 | 8 |
| 1886 | #959 | 5 |
| 1885 | #836 | 6 |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | #892 | 5 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | #595 | 9 |
| 1880 | #745 | 7 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Ples was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1884, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Ples is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Ples in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Ples
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1965
- Biggest jump: 280 spots in 1887
- Biggest drop: 369 spots in 1894
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #595 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 12 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1885–1890
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,193
- Highest: 1 in 11,193 boys born in 1881 were named Ples (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 372,029 boys born in 1965 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 22.4% of all boys named Ples (87) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 51 | #595 (1881) | #825 |
| 1890s | 33 | #705 (1893) | #905 |
| 1900s | 12 | #910 (1903) | #1,110 |
| 1910s | 70 | #1,900 (1917) | #2,703 |
| 1920s | 87 | #2,302 (1926) | #3,008 |
| 1930s | 47 | #2,719 (1935) | #3,115 |
| 1940s | 51 | #2,534 (1946) | #3,129 |
| 1950s | 26 | #3,552 (1957) | #3,792 |
| 1960s | 11 | #3,601 (1964) | #3,766 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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