Pedro

Last seen for girls in 2004 at #16,099 · #455 for boys in 2025, 684 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1992 · 1,670 births
Debut · boys
31 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
94,083
since 1880

Pedro over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Pedro has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201900peak #188, 1992boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#455684
2024—#403801
2023—#420756
2022—#417775
2021—#430722
2020—#410723
2019—#398784
2018—#394805
2017—#395811
2016—#375878
2015—#368875
2014—#355904
2013—#346925
2012—#3171,017
2011—#3071,049
2010—#2821,193
2009—#2691,276
2008—#2481,409
2007—#2301,609
2006—#2191,651
2005—#2181,645
2004#16,0995#2261,517
2003—#2241,559
2002—#2251,555
2001—#2101,696
2000#11,8017#2101,704
1999#11,3857#2021,690
1998#12,4266#2001,672
1997#8,33410#2071,498
1996#8,13210#1981,566
1995#8,7669#1931,587
1994#6,67213#1891,628
1993#8,05210#1891,666
1992#5,48417#1881,670
1991#6,58813#1941,614
1990#9,2478#1961,543
1989#8,0379#1991,470
1988#6,66611#2041,307
1987#5,92312#2041,257
1986#4,34718#2061,167
1985#6,03111#1961,245
1984#6,29110#2061,120
1983#9,0156#2131,089
1982#4,71615#2031,205
1981#5,25413#2011,228
1980#5,54412#2221,090
1979#6,6969#2141,097
1978#9,7505#2131,017
1977#5,21312#226958
1976#4,36314#218956
1975#7,1737#216983
1974#5,01111#216980
1973#4,87111#243865
1972—#248842
1971#6,6197#248912
1970#4,24613#257888
1969#5,0579#248843
1968—#254786
1967#6,0426#269731
1966#5,8096#286677
1965#5,8176#283701
1964#5,4747#297707
1963—#313642
1962#5,8606#286708
1961#5,8516#316615
1960—#303657
1959#6,2455#303655
1958#5,4086#306614
1957—#306615
1956#5,3256#308585
1955#5,2086#308557
1954#5,7535#290603
1953#3,48011#304545
1952—#306540
1951—#303525
1950—#293533
1949#3,6129#298512
1948#5,2435#301529
1947#4,3457#320456
1946—#309444
1945#4,0256#310367
1944—#300397
1943#4,6915#323357
1942#4,1246#336326
1941#3,9546#316339
1940—#314317
1939—#309324
1938—#316300
1937—#300325
1936—#300315
1935#4,2045#287357
1934—#284362
1933—#304310
1932#2,83110#295347
1931—#287367
1930#2,84510#250501
1929#3,3948#256473
1928#3,7437#257481
1927#3,2849#278411
1926—#284404
1925—#280423
1924—#274433
1923—#308341
1922—#315329
1921—#324327
1920—#352279
1919—#381232
1918—#395226
1917—#367231
1916—#392200
1915—#387193
1914—#371162
1913—#372127
1912—#345120
1911—#30876
1910—#26783
1909—#30756
1908—#30153
1907—#25666
1906—#28150
1905—#27751
1904—#29443
1903—#28244
1902—#28544
1901—#29136
1900—#31944
1899—#36225
1898—#37727
1897—#41121
1896—#29040
1895—#39923
1894—#30832
1893—#31231
1892—#35728
1891—#34025
1890—#30232
1889—#34826
1888—#36925
1887—#37719
1886—#34824
1885—#36423
1884—#31830
1883—#41218
1882—#33227
1881—#46014
1880—#29931
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Pedro was already there! It came in at #299, and was given to 31 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 15 boys a year got the name.

Where Pedro is popular in 1900

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Pedro
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 52 spots since 2024 (#403 → #455)
  • 45 spots since 2020 (#410 → #455)
  • 87 spots since 2015 (#368 → #455)
  • Biggest jump: 128 spots in 1882 (#460 → #332)
  • Biggest drop: 161 spots in 1881 (#299 → #460)
Rise & fade · boys
112 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1992 at #188 (1,670 births)
  • Births halved by 2017, 25 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,136
  • Highest: 1 in 1,136 boys born in 1999 were named Pedro (0.09%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,497 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
  • Its best rank, #188 in 1992, was only 1 in 1,196 (0.08%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 17.1% of all boys named Pedro (16,134) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s237#299 (1880)#363
1890s284#290 (1896)#346
1900s487#256 (1907)#289
1910s1,650#267 (1910)#359
1920s3,901#256 (1929)#293
1930s3,508#250 (1930)#293
1940s4,044#298 (1949)#313
1950s5,772#290 (1954)#303
1960s7,067#248 (1969)#286
1970s9,498#213 (1978)#230
1980s12,178#196 (1985)#205
1990s16,134#188 (1992)#196
2000s15,621#210 (2000)#228
2010s9,241#282 (2010)#354
2020s4,461#403 (2024)#423

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Pedro in 1900

boys
#319
44 births · 1 in 3,420 boys

Top boys' names in 1900

  1. #1John9,828
  2. #2William8,579
  3. #3James7,245
  4. #4George5,403
  5. #5Charles4,098
  6. #6Robert3,821
  7. #7Joseph3,714
  8. #8Frank3,477
  9. #9Edward2,720
  10. #10Henry2,606
  11. #319Pedro44
More about 1900

boys

150,474 boys got a published name in 1900; 1 in 3,420 of them was named Pedro, which outranked 78.8% of the 1,506 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Pedro
  1. #312Eli45
  2. #312Emanuel45
  3. #312Ramon45
  4. #319Pedro44
  5. #319Delbert44
  6. #319Freeman44
  7. #319Isiah44
  8. #325Alton43
  9. #325Erwin43
  10. #325Jeremiah43

Tied with 5 names at #319; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1899
Risers
  1. ↑ 561Bertha#1,051 → #490
  2. ↑ 526Wilber#928 → #402
  3. ↑ 517Lonie#1,051 → #534
  4. ↑ 517Pasquale#1,051 → #534
  5. ↑ 473Boyce#1,051 → #578
Fallers
  1. ↓ 829Dora#481 → #1,310
  2. ↓ 697Sarah#613 → #1,310
  3. ↓ 697Fannie#613 → #1,310
  4. ↓ 681Lem#481 → #1,162
  5. ↓ 656Merritt#394 → #1,050

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1900 →