Given name & surname

Pluto

Pluto is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.

The story

In mythological stories, Pluto is associated with the god of the underworld.

Pluto through the years

Babies since 1880
23
23 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2025
11 babies
2025
11
#7,552 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
024682025Highest share 20256.4
Pluto in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2022–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,552 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 237 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.

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Hades

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98% boys · 2% girls

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Morpheus

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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