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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201942peak #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.

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 1942

girls
#4,124
6 births · 1 in 225,120 girls
boys
#336
326 births · 1 in 4,237 boys

Top girls' names in 1942

  1. #1Mary63,256
  2. #2Barbara44,739
  3. #3Patricia39,465
  4. #4Linda31,613
  5. #5Carol30,272
  6. #6Sandra24,994
  7. #7Judith24,792
  8. #8Nancy23,327
  9. #9Betty21,659
  10. #10Carolyn19,978
  11. #4,124Pedro6

Top boys' names in 1942

  1. #1James77,182
  2. #2Robert71,845
  3. #3John66,043
  4. #4William54,890
  5. #5Richard43,593
  6. #6David35,905
  7. #7Charles35,854
  8. #8Thomas31,100
  9. #9Ronald27,138
  10. #10Donald23,955
  11. #336Pedro326
More about 1942

girls

1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 225,120 of them was named Pedro, which outranked 23.3% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Pedro
  1. #3,738Zera7
  2. #3,738Zondra7
  3. #3,738Zylphia7
  4. #4,124Pedro6
  5. #4,124Aaron6
  6. #4,124Adair6
  7. #4,124Adel6
  8. #4,622Adda5
  9. #4,622Adelene5
  10. #4,622Adina5

Tied with 497 names at #4,124; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1941
Risers
  1. 3,567Michal#4,420#853
  2. 1,885Merrily#2,397#512
  3. 1,081Merrilee#1,954#873
  4. 783Jerrilyn#1,610#827
  5. 760Candace#1,418#658
Fallers
  1. 354Rebekah#924#1,278
  2. 350Leatha#830#1,180
  3. 307Nella#993#1,300
  4. 272Arla#934#1,206
  5. 262Vivien#735#997

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

boys

1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 4,237 of them was named Pedro, which outranked 91.7% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Pedro
  1. #332Tyrone336
  2. #334Grover333
  3. #335Gerry330
  4. #336Pedro326
  5. #336Darwin326
  6. #338Andy323
  7. #338Royce323
  8. #340Dominick320

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1941
Risers
  1. 2,993Macarthur#3,505#512
  2. 1,546Mcarthur#1,903#357
  3. 655Collin#1,588#933
  4. 514Delmas#1,254#740
  5. 390Colin#713#323
Fallers
  1. 525Otho#971#1,496
  2. 440Florian#918#1,358
  3. 421Martha#960#1,381
  4. 407Watson#951#1,358
  5. 371Gaylen#987#1,358

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

See the top 100 for 1942