Pleas — boys' name

What the Data Says About Pleas

The Social Security Administration has registered 831 babies named Pleas between 1880 and 1988, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Pleas currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pleas performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 182 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Pleas shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Kentucky. In total, SSA state-level files list Pleas in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pleas 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 831 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.