Pepe

Peak · boys
1962 · 11 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
155
since 1957

Pepe over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Pepe has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,504, 1962boys
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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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First appearance
1957

The first year at least five boys were named Pepe! It came in at #3,993, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1957–1958, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Pepe is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Pepe in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Pepe
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2002
Rise & fade · boys
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1957
  • Peaked 1962 at #2,504 (11 births)
  • Births halved by 1964, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 164,184
  • Highest: 1 in 164,184 boys born in 1978 were named Pepe (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 388,303 boys born in 2002 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #2,504 in 1962, was only 1 in 188,070 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 40.6% of all boys named Pepe (63) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s11#3,619 (1959)#3,806
1960s55#2,504 (1962)#3,177
1970s63#3,071 (1970)#4,461
1980s8#4,593 (1982)#4,593
1990s7#7,874 (1999)#7,874
2000s11#9,243 (2001)#9,955

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.

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