Total births
16
Girls' name · since 2011
Plum
16 babies named Plum in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 16
- total births
- 2011–2025
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 69%
- born in that decade
Plum sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 16 recorded since 2011.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Plum has been recorded 16 times among girls since 2011, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2011 to 2025.
- 16 total births
- 2011–2025 years on record
- 2020s peak decade
- 69% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
16 girls have been named Plum since 2011, peaking in the 2020s, last recorded in 2025.
- 16
- total births
- 2011–2025
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 69%
- born in that decade
2020s
Peak decade
69% of everyone ever named Plum was born in this single decade.
2025
Single peak year
6 babies were named Plum in 2025 - its busiest year on record.
Plum's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Plum's full recorded timeline at 2022, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2011, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Plum at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
2025
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
2011
Plum popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Plum by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Plum's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Plum births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 11 births (69% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Plum? ▼
Plum has been given to 16 babies in the U.S. since 2011, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 2025. 6 babies were born in 2025, its single highest year.
When was Plum most popular? ▼
Plum was most popular in the 2020s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
How long has the name Plum been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Plum since 2011 -- 15 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Plum? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Pluma, Plumer, Plummie, Plumie, and 1 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
Keep exploring Plum
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 2011–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Plum: Baby Name Since 2011 - 16 Births, Peak 2025." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/plum. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Plum 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 July 2026.