Ples

Last seen for boys in 1965 at #3,930

Peak · boys
1881 · 9 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
388
since 1880

Ples over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ples has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201892peak #595, 1881boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1965#3,9305
1964#3,6016
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1959#3,9885
1958
1957#3,5526
1956#3,9425
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1953#3,7985
1952
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1950#3,6815
1949#3,2986
1948
1947#3,0967
1946#2,5349
1945#3,3385
1944#2,6338
1943#3,5385
1942
1941#3,1336
1940#3,4595
1939#3,4805
1938
1937#3,1756
1936#3,5495
1935#2,7198
1934
1933#2,7388
1932#3,3616
1931
1930#2,7819
1929
1928#2,38712
1927#2,40812
1926#2,30213
1925#2,58811
1924#2,47312
1923#2,77210
1922#3,5327
1921#4,3225
1920#4,2865
1919#2,66510
1918#2,07315
1917#1,90016
1916#3,8975
1915#3,0827
1914#2,9156
1913#2,8215
1912#2,2696
1911
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1903#9107
1902
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1900#1,3105
1899#1,0515
1898
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1895
1894#1,0745
1893#7059
1892#9566
1891
1890#7398
1889#9745
1888#9176
1887#6798
1886#9595
1885#8366
1884
1883#8925
1882
1881#5959
1880#7457
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.

See more about Ples
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1965
  • Biggest jump: 280 spots in 1887 (#959#679)
  • Biggest drop: 369 spots in 1894 (#705#1,074)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s51#595 (1881)#825
1890s33#705 (1893)#905
1900s12#910 (1903)#1,110
1910s70#1,900 (1917)#2,703
1920s87#2,302 (1926)#3,008
1930s47#2,719 (1935)#3,115
1940s51#2,534 (1946)#3,129
1950s26#3,552 (1957)#3,792
1960s11#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.

Ples in 1892

boys
#956
6 births · 1 in 20,339 boys

Top boys' names in 1892

  1. #1John9,039
  2. #2William7,782
  3. #3James5,398
  4. #4George4,760
  5. #5Charles4,319
  6. #6Frank3,150
  7. #7Joseph3,064
  8. #8Robert2,710
  9. #9Harry2,460
  10. #10Henry2,452
  11. #956Ples6
More about 1892

boys

122,035 boys got a published name in 1892; 1 in 20,339 of them was named Ples, which outranked 24.1% of the 1,260 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 37.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ples
  1. #861Wylie7
  2. #861Young7
  3. #861Zeb7
  4. #956Ples6
  5. #956Ada6
  6. #956Add6
  7. #956Albion6
  8. #1,066Adolf5
  9. #1,066Agnes5
  10. #1,066Alec5

Tied with 109 names at #956; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1891
Risers
  1. 559Pierce#963#404
  2. 505Milford#963#458
  3. 466Rose#963#497
  4. 466Omar#963#497
  5. 396Shelby#841#445
Fallers
  1. 542Maude#524#1,066
  2. 502Bernice#564#1,066
  3. 502Wilton#564#1,066
  4. 480Wellington#476#956
  5. 469Jule#597#1,066

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1892