Girls' name · since 1964
Pleshette
Pleshette has 210 recorded births since 1964 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1972 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,313 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 210
- born since 1964
- 1970s
- peak decade
Pleshette sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 210 recorded since 1964.
Pleshette has 210 recorded births among girls since 1964, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1964 to 1989.
- #19,313 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 210 born since 1964
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pleshette ranks #19,313 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 210 born since 1964, peaking in the 1970s.
- #19,313 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 210
- born since 1964
- 1970s
- peak decade
Pleshette's 210 recorded births place it above 73.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Pleshette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Pleshette splits its recorded history at 1974: 36% of all births land in the more recent half, 64% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1987 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1972 peak of 25 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Pleshette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–1989
- Peak year (1972)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Pleshette by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (117 births, 56% of the file).
1970s was Pleshette's strongest decade.
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Pleshette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
62 births
- 1970s
1970s
117 births
- 1980s 31
1980s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 117 births (56% of all-time use).
Pleshette by state
Where Pleshette concentrates geographically, total births since 1964
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- Pleshette's decade-level peak was the 1970s (117 total births); usage has since declined to 31 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Pleshettes (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Pleshette: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1972)
Similar record span (~25 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1964–1989 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Pleshette draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.