Plez — boys' name
106 babies named Plez in U.S. Social Security records since 1892, with the highest year being 1941. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
33% of everyone ever named Plez was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Plez in 1941 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Plez
The Social Security Administration has registered 106 babies named Plez between 1892 and 1962, spanning 71 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Plez currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1962. The name reached its historical peak in 1941, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Plez performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 35 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Plez shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Plez 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 106 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.
Plez at a glance
Last recorded 1962Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Plez popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–1892
- Peak year (1941)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 71 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1962.
106 total births across 71 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1941 with 8 births in a single year.
Plez by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 35 births that decade — 33% of Plez's all-time total
Plez decade highlights
- Peak decade 35 births
- Runner-up 25 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Plez's strongest decade
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
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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, 1892–1962 (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.