Plato

Boy · recorded 1914–1977

  • 1977last recorded
  • 1914best year

Most popular in 1914.

Last recorded in 1977. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Plato.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1914

081519141930194619611977

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 28 recorded years as a table
Plato, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191415
19157
19168
19176
191911
19208
192111
19229
19237
19245
19258
192610
19275
192812
19297
193012
19317
19328
19346
19365
19376
19434
19465
19622
19663
19673
19693
19773

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Plato isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1977
5
Rank in 1977
#5,845
How rare
1 in 328,644 boys
Since 1914
216

Plato was last recorded in 1977. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1914, at 15 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Plato doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.