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
- Peak · boys
- 1992 · 1,670 births
- Debut · boys
- 31 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 94,083since 1880
Pedro over time
Rank among boys' names. Pedro has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #455 | 684 | |
| 2024 | — | #403 | 801 | |
| 2023 | — | #420 | 756 | |
| 2022 | — | #417 | 775 | |
| 2021 | — | #430 | 722 | |
| 2020 | — | #410 | 723 | |
| 2019 | — | #398 | 784 | |
| 2018 | — | #394 | 805 | |
| 2017 | — | #395 | 811 | |
| 2016 | — | #375 | 878 | |
| 2015 | — | #368 | 875 | |
| 2014 | — | #355 | 904 | |
| 2013 | — | #346 | 925 | |
| 2012 | — | #317 | 1,017 | |
| 2011 | — | #307 | 1,049 | |
| 2010 | — | #282 | 1,193 | |
| 2009 | — | #269 | 1,276 | |
| 2008 | — | #248 | 1,409 | |
| 2007 | — | #230 | 1,609 | |
| 2006 | — | #219 | 1,651 | |
| 2005 | — | #218 | 1,645 | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #226 | 1,517 |
| 2003 | — | #224 | 1,559 | |
| 2002 | — | #225 | 1,555 | |
| 2001 | — | #210 | 1,696 | |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #210 | 1,704 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | #202 | 1,690 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #200 | 1,672 |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 | #207 | 1,498 |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | #198 | 1,566 |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | #193 | 1,587 |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 | #189 | 1,628 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 | #189 | 1,666 |
| 1992 | #5,484 | 17 | #188 | 1,670 |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 | #194 | 1,614 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | #196 | 1,543 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | #199 | 1,470 |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 | #204 | 1,307 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | #204 | 1,257 |
| 1986 | #4,347 | 18 | #206 | 1,167 |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 | #196 | 1,245 |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 | #206 | 1,120 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #213 | 1,089 |
| 1982 | #4,716 | 15 | #203 | 1,205 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 | #201 | 1,228 |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 | #222 | 1,090 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | #214 | 1,097 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #213 | 1,017 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 | #226 | 958 |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 | #218 | 956 |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #216 | 983 |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 | #216 | 980 |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 | #243 | 865 |
| 1972 | — | #248 | 842 | |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | #248 | 912 |
| 1970 | #4,246 | 13 | #257 | 888 |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | #248 | 843 |
| 1968 | — | #254 | 786 | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | #269 | 731 |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | #286 | 677 |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | #283 | 701 |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | #297 | 707 |
| 1963 | — | #313 | 642 | |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #286 | 708 |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | #316 | 615 |
| 1960 | — | #303 | 657 | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #303 | 655 |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | #306 | 614 |
| 1957 | — | #306 | 615 | |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | #308 | 585 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | #308 | 557 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #290 | 603 |
| 1953 | #3,480 | 11 | #304 | 545 |
| 1952 | — | #306 | 540 | |
| 1951 | — | #303 | 525 | |
| 1950 | — | #293 | 533 | |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 | #298 | 512 |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #301 | 529 |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | #320 | 456 |
| 1946 | — | #309 | 444 | |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | #310 | 367 |
| 1944 | — | #300 | 397 | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #323 | 357 |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | #336 | 326 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #316 | 339 |
| 1940 | — | #314 | 317 | |
| 1939 | — | #309 | 324 | |
| 1938 | — | #316 | 300 | |
| 1937 | — | #300 | 325 | |
| 1936 | — | #300 | 315 | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #287 | 357 |
| 1934 | — | #284 | 362 | |
| 1933 | — | #304 | 310 | |
| 1932 | #2,831 | 10 | #295 | 347 |
| 1931 | — | #287 | 367 | |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 | #250 | 501 |
| 1929 | #3,394 | 8 | #256 | 473 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | #257 | 481 |
| 1927 | #3,284 | 9 | #278 | 411 |
| 1926 | — | #284 | 404 | |
| 1925 | — | #280 | 423 | |
| 1924 | — | #274 | 433 | |
| 1923 | — | #308 | 341 | |
| 1922 | — | #315 | 329 | |
| 1921 | — | #324 | 327 | |
| 1920 | — | #352 | 279 | |
| 1919 | — | #381 | 232 | |
| 1918 | — | #395 | 226 | |
| 1917 | — | #367 | 231 | |
| 1916 | — | #392 | 200 | |
| 1915 | — | #387 | 193 | |
| 1914 | — | #371 | 162 | |
| 1913 | — | #372 | 127 | |
| 1912 | — | #345 | 120 | |
| 1911 | — | #308 | 76 | |
| 1910 | — | #267 | 83 | |
| 1909 | — | #307 | 56 | |
| 1908 | — | #301 | 53 | |
| 1907 | — | #256 | 66 | |
| 1906 | — | #281 | 50 | |
| 1905 | — | #277 | 51 | |
| 1904 | — | #294 | 43 | |
| 1903 | — | #282 | 44 | |
| 1902 | — | #285 | 44 | |
| 1901 | — | #291 | 36 | |
| 1900 | — | #319 | 44 | |
| 1899 | — | #362 | 25 | |
| 1898 | — | #377 | 27 | |
| 1897 | — | #411 | 21 | |
| 1896 | — | #290 | 40 | |
| 1895 | — | #399 | 23 | |
| 1894 | — | #308 | 32 | |
| 1893 | — | #312 | 31 | |
| 1892 | — | #357 | 28 | |
| 1891 | — | #340 | 25 | |
| 1890 | — | #302 | 32 | |
| 1889 | — | #348 | 26 | |
| 1888 | — | #369 | 25 | |
| 1887 | — | #377 | 19 | |
| 1886 | — | #348 | 24 | |
| 1885 | — | #364 | 23 | |
| 1884 | — | #318 | 30 | |
| 1883 | — | #412 | 18 | |
| 1882 | — | #332 | 27 | |
| 1881 | — | #460 | 14 | |
| 1880 | — | #299 | 31 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1992 at #188 (1,670 births)
- Births halved by 2017, 25 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- 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
- 17.1% of all boys named Pedro (16,134) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 237 | #299 (1880) | #363 |
| 1890s | 284 | #290 (1896) | #346 |
| 1900s | 487 | #256 (1907) | #289 |
| 1910s | 1,650 | #267 (1910) | #359 |
| 1920s | 3,901 | #256 (1929) | #293 |
| 1930s | 3,508 | #250 (1930) | #293 |
| 1940s | 4,044 | #298 (1949) | #313 |
| 1950s | 5,772 | #290 (1954) | #303 |
| 1960s | 7,067 | #248 (1969) | #286 |
| 1970s | 9,498 | #213 (1978) | #230 |
| 1980s | 12,178 | #196 (1985) | #205 |
| 1990s | 16,134 | #188 (1992) | #196 |
| 2000s | 15,621 | #210 (2000) | #228 |
| 2010s | 9,241 | #282 (2010) | #354 |
| 2020s | 4,461 | #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 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 128,312 of them was named Pedro, which outranked 56.9% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,963Youa14
- #4,963Zaira14
- #4,963Zelma14
- #5,254Pedro13
- #5,254Adonica13
- #5,254Adreanna13
- #5,254Adri13
- #5,571Abigayle12
- #5,571Adrean12
- #5,571Agustina12
Tied with 316 names at #5,254; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 1,459 of them was named Pedro, which outranked 97.2% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.