Ples is a rare boys' name that was most common in the 1910s and has all but disappeared.
Ples is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1965. Ples first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1917 (16 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 5 | — | #4,301 |
| 1964 | 6 | — | #3,930 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | #4,429 |
| 1957 | 6 | — | #3,879 |
| 1956 | 5 | — | #4,334 |
| 1953 | 5 | — | #4,221 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | #4,072 |
| 1949 | 6 | — | #3,615 |
| 1947 | 7 | — | #3,296 |
| 1946 | 9 | — | #2,655 |
| 1945 | 5 | — | #3,662 |
| 1944 | 8 | — | #2,807 |
| 1943 | 5 | — | #3,929 |
| 1941 | 6 | — | #3,412 |
| 1940 | 5 | — | #3,824 |
| 1939 | 5 | — | #3,852 |
| 1937 | 6 | — | #3,439 |
| 1936 | 5 | — | #3,945 |
| 1935 | 8 | — | #2,890 |
| 1933 | 8 | — | #2,937 |
| 1932 | 6 | — | #3,682 |
| 1930 | 9 | — | #2,959 |
| 1928 | 12 | — | #2,493 |
| 1927 | 12 | — | #2,493 |
| 1926 | 13 | — | #2,397 |
| 1925 | 11 | — | #2,709 |
| 1924 | 12 | — | #2,589 |
| 1923 | 10 | — | #2,898 |
| 1922 | 7 | — | #3,788 |
| 1921 | 5 | — | #4,829 |
| 1920 | 5 | — | #4,819 |
| 1919 | 10 | — | #2,822 |
| 1918 | 15 | — | #2,139 |
| 1917 | 16 | — | #1,965 |
| 1916 | 5 | — | #4,355 |
| 1915 | 7 | — | #3,321 |
| 1914 | 6 | — | #3,180 |
| 1913 | 5 | — | #3,159 |
| 1912 | 6 | — | #2,483 |
| 1903 | 7 | — | #992 |
| 1900 | 5 | — | #1,455 |
| 1899 | 5 | — | #1,167 |
| 1894 | 5 | — | #1,203 |
| 1893 | 9 | — | #752 |
| 1892 | 6 | — | #1,047 |
| 1890 | 8 | — | #798 |
| 1889 | 5 | — | #1,080 |
| 1888 | 6 | — | #1,010 |
| 1887 | 8 | — | #731 |
| 1886 | 5 | — | #1,074 |
| 1885 | 6 | — | #916 |
| 1883 | 5 | — | #1,013 |
| 1881 | 9 | — | #641 |
| 1880 | 7 | — | #792 |