Pleas
Last seen for boys in 1988 at #7,270
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 13 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 831since 1880
Pleas over time
Rank among boys' names. Pleas has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
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| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #3,201 | 7 |
| 1954 | #2,942 | 8 |
| 1953 | #1,765 | 19 |
| 1952 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #2,495 | 10 |
| 1950 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1949 | #3,019 | 7 |
| 1948 | #2,608 | 9 |
| 1947 | #2,356 | 11 |
| 1946 | #2,271 | 11 |
| 1945 | #2,393 | 9 |
| 1944 | #1,988 | 13 |
| 1943 | #2,074 | 13 |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,207 | 11 |
| 1940 | #2,671 | 8 |
| 1939 | #2,159 | 11 |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,197 | 11 |
| 1936 | #2,629 | 8 |
| 1935 | #1,837 | 15 |
| 1934 | #2,393 | 10 |
| 1933 | #2,214 | 11 |
| 1932 | #2,191 | 12 |
| 1931 | #1,770 | 17 |
| 1930 | #2,609 | 10 |
| 1929 | #2,317 | 12 |
| 1928 | #2,162 | 14 |
| 1927 | #1,959 | 17 |
| 1926 | #1,661 | 21 |
| 1925 | #2,193 | 14 |
| 1924 | #1,727 | 21 |
| 1923 | #1,589 | 23 |
| 1922 | #1,545 | 24 |
| 1921 | #1,829 | 19 |
| 1920 | #1,966 | 17 |
| 1919 | #1,481 | 24 |
| 1918 | #1,827 | 18 |
| 1917 | #2,091 | 14 |
| 1916 | #1,374 | 25 |
| 1915 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,545 | 16 |
| 1913 | #2,092 | 8 |
| 1912 | #1,223 | 15 |
| 1911 | #1,038 | 11 |
| 1910 | #981 | 11 |
| 1909 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #815 | 11 |
| 1906 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | #1,002 | 7 |
| 1904 | #966 | 7 |
| 1903 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | #794 | 9 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #836 | 10 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,121 | 5 |
| 1897 | #852 | 7 |
| 1896 | #982 | 6 |
| 1895 | #738 | 9 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #705 | 9 |
| 1892 | #688 | 10 |
| 1891 | #841 | 6 |
| 1890 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | #789 | 7 |
| 1888 | #1,031 | 5 |
| 1887 | #921 | 5 |
| 1886 | #758 | 7 |
| 1885 | #641 | 9 |
| 1884 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | #720 | 7 |
| 1882 | #514 | 13 |
| 1881 | #563 | 10 |
| 1880 | #745 | 7 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Pleas was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1894, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Pleas
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1988
- Biggest jump: 330 spots in 1885 (#971 → #641)
- Biggest drop: 336 spots in 1903 (#794 → #1,130)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #514 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1884, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1880–1887
- Highest: 1 in 8,745 boys born in 1882 were named Pleas (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 382,857 boys born in 1988 (0.00%)
- 21.9% of all boys named Pleas (182) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 75 | #514 (1882) | #765 |
| 1890s | 57 | #688 (1892) | #865 |
| 1900s | 61 | #794 (1902) | #991 |
| 1910s | 142 | #981 (1910) | #1,517 |
| 1920s | 182 | #1,545 (1922) | #1,895 |
| 1930s | 105 | #1,770 (1931) | #2,222 |
| 1940s | 92 | #1,988 (1944) | #2,399 |
| 1950s | 69 | #1,765 (1953) | #2,743 |
| 1960s | 29 | #3,559 (1967) | #3,722 |
| 1970s | 14 | #4,068 (1979) | #4,920 |
| 1980s | 5 | #7,270 (1988) | #7,270 |
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.
Pleas in 1893
Top boys' names in 1893
More about 1893
boys
112,318 boys got a published name in 1893; 1 in 12,480 of them was named Pleas, which outranked 40.2% of the 1,179 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 36.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).