Pledger — boys' name
24 babies named Pledger in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
54% of everyone ever named Pledger was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Pledger in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Pledger
The Social Security Administration has registered 24 babies named Pledger between 1919 and 1938, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Pledger currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1938. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Pledger performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Pledger shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Pledger in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Pledger 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 24 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.
Pledger at a glance
Last recorded 1938Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Pledger popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1938–1919
- Peak year (1920)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1938.
24 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 7 births in a single year.
Pledger by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 13 births that decade — 54% of Pledger's all-time total
Pledger decade highlights
- Peak decade 13 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Pledger's strongest decade
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
Pledger by state
Where Pledger concentrates geographically — total births since 1919
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 6 | 25.0% |
6 of 24 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 25.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 25.0% 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, 1919–1938 (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.