Pluma

Last seen for girls in 1951 at #5,414

Peak · girls
1884 · 10 births
Debut · girls
10 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
506
since 1884

Pluma over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Pluma has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201890peak #686, 1884girls
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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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1937#4,2555
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1933#3,1098
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1930#3,0559
1929#4,0536
1928#3,1649
1927#4,8055
1926#4,8515
1925#3,6648
1924#3,14410
1923#3,12510
1922#2,18617
1921#2,37815
1920#2,07918
1919#2,38414
1918#2,10217
1917#1,65222
1916#1,63022
1915#2,14314
1914#1,81814
1913#1,52815
1912#1,62012
1911#1,54510
1910#1,6349
1909#1,21912
1908#1,4399
1907#1,14212
1906#1,15411
1905#1,09312
1904#85318
1903#1,3188
1902#1,4387
1901#1,2278
1900#1,4318
1899#1,3946
1898#1,2638
1897#1,03710
1896#1,04710
1895#1,2997
1894#99810
1893#1,1757
1892#95810
1891#1,3325
1890#82511
1889#1,0257
1888#83710
1887#1,0366
1886#1,1085
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1884#68610
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First appearance
1884

The first year at least five girls were named Pluma! It came in at #686, and was given to 10 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1885–1886, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Pluma
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1951
  • Biggest jump: 465 spots in 1904 (#1,318#853)
  • Biggest drop: 507 spots in 1891 (#825#1,332)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1884 at #686 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 6 yrs · 1884–1904
Share of babies · girls
1 in 12,902
  • Highest: 1 in 12,902 girls born in 1884 were named Pluma (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 360,172 girls born in 1951 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 29.4% of all girls named Pluma (149) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s38#686 (1884)#938
1890s84#825 (1890)#1,133
1900s105#853 (1904)#1,231
1910s149#1,528 (1913)#1,806
1920s103#2,079 (1920)#3,345
1930s22#3,055 (1930)#3,473
1940s0
1950s5#5,414 (1951)#5,414

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Pluma in 1890

girls
#825
11 births · 1 in 17,307 girls

Top girls' names in 1890

  1. #1Mary12,078
  2. #2Anna5,233
  3. #3Elizabeth3,112
  4. #4Margaret3,100
  5. #5Emma2,980
  6. #6Florence2,744
  7. #7Ethel2,718
  8. #8Minnie2,650
  9. #9Clara2,496
  10. #10Bertha2,388
  11. #825Pluma11
More about 1890

girls

190,377 girls got a published name in 1890; 1 in 17,307 of them was named Pluma, which outranked 46.2% of the 1,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Pluma
  1. #791Valerie12
  2. #791Walter12
  3. #791Zadie12
  4. #825Pluma11
  5. #825Adline11
  6. #825Aggie11
  7. #825Albert11
  8. #872Alene10
  9. #872Amber10
  10. #872Arlie10

Tied with 46 names at #825; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1889
Risers
  1. 612Electa#1,279#667
  2. 586Lular#1,279#693
  3. 548Alvena#1,147#599
  4. 521Prudie#1,279#758
  5. 505Tempie#1,147#642
Fallers
  1. 581Lella#757#1,338
  2. 581Vira#757#1,338
  3. 553Buena#657#1,210
  4. 536Roxana#802#1,338
  5. 499Fleda#839#1,338

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

See the top 100 for 1890