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Placido

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Placido is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
192323 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1907
1,111people given the name
Babies named Placido, by year of birthboys
0613192518801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

1,111 boys have been named Placido in the United States since 1907, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1923, with 23 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 23 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1951, and the 1920s alone account for 16%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Placido
1900s5
1910s100
1920s177
1930s120
1940s130
1950s90
1960s83
1970s108
1980s77
1990s105
2000s86
2010s25
2020s5

In 1923, its biggest year

Placido was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1923 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1923.

Names that rose and fell with Placido

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.