Pliny

Popularity Trends

The name Pliny is the #7,724 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 15 recorded births since 1884. This represents the 0.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,571 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 15 births since 1884.

Pliny first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1884 (first recorded for boys in 1884). Birth data for Pliny is available in 3 out of the 36 years between 1884 and 1919. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For boys, Pliny reached its peak popularity in 1884, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #211) with 41 births per million. The name was most common in 1884, with 41 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1919.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Pliny".

1884 1919 18841919

Key Statistics

Total Births

Peak Births

Peak Year

1884

First Recorded

1884

Peak Percentile

0.0%

Current Percentile

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Peak Rank

#211

Current Rank

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Male statistics

Names That Sound Similar

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Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Pliny", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Pliny.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Pliny's popularity from 1884 to 1922 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Pliny at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Pliny range from Daisye at 97.8% correlation to Oney at 78.2% correlation, with an average correlation level of 89.1%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Donaciano with 552 births (100% boys) and the least popular is Daisye with 10 births (100% girls).

Pliny's share of births peaked at 40.7 births per million for boys in 1884. It reached its lowest point of 4.9 births per million (12% of peak) in 1919. In 1919, the most recent period with data, the name Pliny had 4.9 births per million, 12% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

97.76% (very strong)

97.53% (very strong)

97.23% (very strong)

96.76% (very strong)

94.34% (very strong)

90.51% (very strong)

117

88.04% (very strong)

Jabe

242

84.53% (very strong)

Shep

184

84.35% (very strong)

Olivine

196

81.08% (very strong)

Donaciano

552

78.83% (strong)

Oney

170

78.17% (strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Pliny

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Pliny. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 67.5% confident that Pliny is pronounced as PLIH-nee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is PLAI-nee, at 25.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.

PLIH-nee

67.5%

PLAI-nee

25.0%

PLEE-nee

7.5%

PLIH-nee (2 syllables)

Verified

67.5% confidence

P L IH1 N IY0

PLAI-nee (2 syllables)

25.0% confidence

P L AY1 N IY0

PLEE-nee (2 syllables)

7.5% confidence

P L IY1 N IY0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like P L IH1 N IY0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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