Given name & surname
Plum
“resembling the fruit”
Plum is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “resembling the fruit.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “resembling the fruit.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2011. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Plum through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 0 boys · 16 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,511 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,511 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,638 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Plum’s family of names
Plum may belong to the same name family as PLLUM. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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