Pleas
#5,369 most common boys' name of all time · #13,355 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1880–1988
Rank among boys
#5,369
Rank overall
#13,355 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
78 of 146
All-time
831
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1916 #1,385
Best rank
#534 1882
Girls
Boys
peak 25/yr
Pleas is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,302 |
| 1979 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,090 |
| 1978 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,808 |
| 1968 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 1967 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,586 |
| 1963 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,684 |
| 1961 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,101 |
| 1960 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,686 |
| 1956 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,244 |
| 1955 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,218 |
| 1954 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,961 |
| 1953 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,777 |
| 1952 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,397 |
| 1951 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,514 |
| 1950 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,221 |
| 1949 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,035 |
| 1948 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,621 |
| 1947 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,367 |
| 1946 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,284 |
| 1945 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,414 |
| 1944 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,006 |
| 1943 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,086 |
| 1941 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,227 |
| 1940 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 1939 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,176 |
| 1937 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,209 |
| 1936 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,647 |
| 1935 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,853 |
| 1934 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,406 |
| 1933 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,231 |
| 1932 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,205 |
| 1931 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,786 |
| 1930 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 1929 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,331 |
| 1928 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,175 |
| 1927 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,967 |
| 1926 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,671 |
| 1925 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,206 |
| 1924 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,734 |
| 1923 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,598 |
| 1922 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,549 |
| 1921 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,841 |
| 1920 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,977 |
| 1919 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,486 |
| 1918 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,838 |
| 1917 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,105 |
| 1916 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,385 |
| 1914 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,550 |
| 1913 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,110 |
| 1912 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,234 |
| 1911 | — | 11 | 11 | #1,070 |
| 1910 | — | 11 | 11 | #1,004 |
| 1909 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,310 |
| 1907 | — | 11 | 11 | #847 |
| 1906 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,148 |
| 1905 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,030 |
| 1904 | — | 7 | 7 | #996 |
| 1903 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,185 |
| 1902 | — | 9 | 9 | #825 |
| 1900 | — | 10 | 10 | #862 |
| 1898 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,165 |
| 1897 | — | 7 | 7 | #887 |
| 1896 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,021 |
| 1895 | — | 9 | 9 | #773 |
| 1893 | — | 9 | 9 | #742 |
| 1892 | — | 10 | 10 | #725 |
| 1891 | — | 6 | 6 | #890 |
| 1890 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,038 |
| 1889 | — | 7 | 7 | #826 |
| 1888 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,066 |
| 1887 | — | 5 | 5 | #969 |
| 1886 | — | 7 | 7 | #795 |
| 1885 | — | 9 | 9 | #675 |
| 1884 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,001 |
| 1883 | — | 7 | 7 | #757 |
| 1882 | — | 13 | 13 | #534 |
| 1881 | — | 10 | 10 | #585 |
| 1880 | — | 7 | 7 | #793 |