Recorded 1919–1938 Boys' name Peak 1920 24 births

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.

1910s51920s131930s6
1920s
Peak decade

54% of everyone ever named Pledger was born in this single decade.

1920
Single peak year

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 1938

Total births

24

Since 1919

20 years of records

Peak year

1920

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1938

Active since

1919

Recorded for 20 years

Last year on file: 1938

Pledger popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1938–1919

Last recorded 1938
Peak year (1920)
7
Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 1938192419201919 5

Pledger by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
13 births that decade — 54% of Pledger's all-time total
1910s51920s131930s6

Pledger by state

Where Pledger concentrates geographically — total births since 1919

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Pledger
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Georgia
6 25.0%
Georgia share of Pledger's total US births 25.0%

6 of 24 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Pledger?
24 babies have been named Pledger since 1919. It was last recorded in 1938. The peak year was 1920 with 7 births.
When was Pledger most popular?
Pledger was most popular in the 1920s decade with 13 total births. The single peak year was 1920.
Where is Pledger most popular?
The top states for the name Pledger are Georgia (6 births).
How long has the name Pledger been used?
Pledger has been recorded in Social Security data since 1919, spanning 20 years of data through 1938.
What names are similar to Pledger?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Pleas, Pleasant, Ples, Plez, and 1 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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.