Plato
Origin
Greek
Syllables
2
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
the Latinized name of the philosopher, from the Greek Platon, itself from platys, 'broad-shouldered'; a small classical revival put it on early-20th-century American birth records
Popularity, 1890–2024
1890srare in US records2020s
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Plato has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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