Placido — boys' name

What the Data Says About Placido

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,111 babies named Placido between 1907 and 2021, spanning 115 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Placido currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Placido performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 177 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Placido shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 195 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New Mexico. In total, SSA state-level files list Placido in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Placido in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,111 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.