Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ples

#8,398 most common boys' name of all time · #21,205 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1880–1965

Rank among boys
#8,398
Rank overall
#21,205 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
388
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1917 #1,914
Best rank
#636 1881
Girls Boys peak 16/yr
18801900192019401960

Ples 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1965 — 5 5 #3,957
1964 — 6 6 #3,633
1959 — 5 5 #4,025
1957 — 6 6 #3,579
1956 — 5 5 #3,968
1953 — 5 5 #3,840
1950 — 5 5 #3,714
1949 — 6 6 #3,323
1947 — 7 7 #3,112
1946 — 9 9 #2,551
1945 — 5 5 #3,378
1944 — 8 8 #2,661
1943 — 5 5 #3,569
1941 — 6 6 #3,166
1940 — 5 5 #3,489
1939 — 5 5 #3,520
1937 — 6 6 #3,202
1936 — 5 5 #3,592
1935 — 8 8 #2,739
1933 — 8 8 #2,758
1932 — 6 6 #3,388
1930 — 9 9 #2,811
1928 — 12 12 #2,404
1927 — 12 12 #2,420
1926 — 13 13 #2,320
1925 — 11 11 #2,602
1924 — 12 12 #2,490
1923 — 10 10 #2,787
1922 — 7 7 #3,553
1921 — 5 5 #4,349
1920 — 5 5 #4,316
1919 — 10 10 #2,681
1918 — 15 15 #2,082
1917 — 16 16 #1,914
1916 — 5 5 #3,938
1915 — 7 7 #3,099
1914 — 6 6 #2,939
1913 — 5 5 #2,847
1912 — 6 6 #2,294
1903 — 7 7 #953
1900 — 5 5 #1,341
1899 — 5 5 #1,083
1894 — 5 5 #1,113
1893 — 9 9 #743
1892 — 6 6 #991
1890 — 8 8 #782
1889 — 5 5 #1,007
1888 — 6 6 #952
1887 — 8 8 #722
1886 — 5 5 #1,001
1885 — 6 6 #869
1883 — 5 5 #934
1881 — 9 9 #636
1880 — 7 7 #794