Placido
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- PLAH-see-doh
- Origin
- Latin
Placido is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “calm, gentle”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Placido mean?
Latin: Italian and Spanish form of Latin Placidus
“calm, gentle”
Saint Placidus was a disciple of Saint Benedict.
Is Placido a girl's or a boy's name?
Placido is a boys' name.
How popular is Placido in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1923, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1907.
Half of all the boys named Placido in the US since 1880 were born between 1929 and 1981, the years shaded on the chart below.
Placido in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 12 | #3,093 |
| 1975 | 23 | #2,000 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 15 | #2,398 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,906 |
| 1967 | 17 | #1,905 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 8 | #3,022 |
| 1956 | 11 | #2,495 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 12 | #2,315 |
| 1953 | 12 | #2,286 |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1951 | 16 | #1,903 |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,579 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,021 |
| 1948 | 17 | #1,816 |
| 1947 | 11 | #2,355 |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,689 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,130 |
| 1944 | 15 | #1,809 |
| 1943 | 15 | #1,909 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,041 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,083 |
| 1940 | 14 | #1,894 |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,088 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 1935 | 20 | #1,538 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,393 |
| 1933 | 15 | #1,829 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,465 |
| 1931 | 17 | #1,770 |
| 1930 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 1929 | 19 | #1,731 |
| 1928 | 17 | #1,902 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,193 |
| 1926 | 10 | #2,723 |
| 1925 | 18 | #1,869 |
| 1924 | 20 | #1,776 |
| 1923 | 23 | #1,588 |
| 1922 | 21 | #1,695 |
| 1921 | 20 | #1,766 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,130 |
| 1919 | 9 | #2,876 |
| 1918 | 15 | #2,072 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,279 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,697 |
| 1915 | 15 | #1,877 |
| 1914 | 19 | #1,388 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,344 |
Names like Placido
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Placido: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/placido, updated 20 October 2026.