Platon — #7129 US boys' name
189 babies named Platon in U.S. Social Security records since 2010, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 50% of names given to boys today.
74% of everyone ever named Platon was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Platon in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Platon
The Social Security Administration has registered 189 babies named Platon between 2010 and 2024, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Platon currently holds the #7129 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Platon performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 139 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Platon shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 61 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Platon in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Platon 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 189 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.
Platon at a glance
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Current rank
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Platon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2010
- Peak year (2014)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
Currently ranks #7129 among boys.
189 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 23 births in a single year.
Platon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 139 births that decade — 74% of Platon's all-time total
Platon decade highlights
- Peak decade 139 births
- Runner-up 50 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Platon's strongest decade
139 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 74% of all-time use.
Platon by state
Where Platon concentrates geographically — total births since 2010
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 61 | 32.3% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 2.6% |
61 of 189 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Florida 32.3% of nationwide
- California 2.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 32.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2010–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.