Pedro
Pedro is ranked 401st among boys in 2024 (799 births). Its best rank was 188th, in 1992.
- Rank in 2024
- #401up 20 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 7990.05% of boys
- Peak year
- 20001,704 births
- Best rank
- #188in 1992
- Since 1880
- 93,393people given the name
The story in the numbers
93,393 boys have been named Pedro in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2000, with 1,704 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 355 → 401).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1988, and the 1990s alone account for 17%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Pedro | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 237 | |
| 1890s | 284 | |
| 1900s | 487 | |
| 1910s | 1,650 | |
| 1920s | 3,901 | |
| 1930s | 3,508 | |
| 1940s | 4,044 | |
| 1950s | 5,772 | |
| 1960s | 7,067 | |
| 1970s | 9,498 | |
| 1980s | 12,178 | |
| 1990s | 16,133 | |
| 2000s | 15,621 | |
| 2010s | 9,239 | |
| 2020s | 3,774 |
In 2000, its biggest year
Pedro was the 210th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2000 were Jacob, Michael, Matthew, Joshua and Christopher. See all of 2000.
Names that rose and fell with Pedro
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Felipepeak 2001
- Alfredopeak 1993
- Franciscopeak 1993
- Tomaspeak 2003
- Salvadorpeak 1992
- Rubenpeak 1992
- Antoniopeak 1997
- Josepeak 2002
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.