Meaning not yet researched.
Pedro: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 684 in 2025. Its best rank was #188 in 1992.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #188 in 1992; #455 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Pedro in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#455 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1992, at #188.
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Pedro: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 684 boys in 2025. Peak: #188 in 1992 · most boys in one year: 1,704 (2000).
In 2025, 684 US boys were named Pedro, making it the 455th most common boys’ name of the year, down 52 places from #403 in 2024. That is 117 fewer than the 801 boys named Pedro in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #188, reached in 1992. The most boys given the name in a single year was 1,704, in 2000. For comparison, it was #368 in 2015 and #293 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Pedro in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 31 babies with the name. In all, 94,582 US babies have been given the name, 0.5% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 16,237 babies named Pedro.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 7,739 US boys were named Pedro; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 878. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,497 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Pedro ranked highest in Massachusetts in 2025, at #219 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Peter (591,531 babies since 1880) and Pierre (19,143 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
No nicknames listed for Pedro in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 20 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 28 | #219 | #264 |
| Texas | 153 | #258 | #198 |
| Nebraska | 9 | #285 | #377 |
| Arizona | 27 | #292 | #274 |
| California | 108 | #335 | #239 |
| Florida | 57 | #346 | #308 |
| Illinois | 31 | #347 | #368 |
| Nevada | 7 | #430 | #437 |
| Iowa | 8 | #432 | — |
| Tennessee | 17 | #472 | #809 |
| Georgia | 21 | #512 | #438 |
| Alabama | 10 | #512 | #437 |
| Kentucky | 9 | #512 | — |
| New Jersey | 15 | #515 | #326 |
| Colorado | 11 | #527 | #540 |
| South Carolina | 9 | #540 | #573 |
| Connecticut | 5 | #555 | #314 |
| Pennsylvania | 16 | #600 | #643 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | #602 | #620 |
| Virginia | 12 | #615 | #714 |
| Michigan | 13 | #631 | #949 |
| Kansas | 5 | #671 | #331 |
| Utah | 6 | #680 | — |
| Oregon | 5 | #683 | #420 |
| Indiana | 9 | #701 | #654 |
| North Carolina | 13 | #708 | #485 |
| Minnesota | 6 | #782 | — |
| Maryland | 6 | #783 | #687 |
| Ohio | 11 | #783 | — |
| Washington | 7 | #870 | #392 |
| New York | 15 | #905 | #416 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 684 | #455 |
| 2024 | — | — | 801 | #403 |
| 2023 | — | — | 756 | #420 |
| 2022 | — | — | 775 | #418 |
| 2021 | — | — | 722 | #430 |
| 2020 | — | — | 723 | #411 |
| 2019 | — | — | 784 | #398 |
| 2018 | — | — | 805 | #394 |
| 2017 | — | — | 811 | #395 |
| 2016 | — | — | 878 | #375 |
| 2015 | — | — | 875 | #368 |
| 2014 | — | — | 904 | #355 |
| 2013 | — | — | 925 | #346 |
| 2012 | — | — | 1,017 | #317 |
| 2011 | — | — | 1,049 | #307 |
| 2010 | — | — | 1,193 | #282 |
| 2009 | — | — | 1,276 | #269 |
| 2008 | — | — | 1,409 | #248 |
| 2007 | — | — | 1,609 | #230 |
| 2006 | — | — | 1,651 | #219 |
| 2005 | — | — | 1,645 | #218 |
| 2004 | 5 | #18,121 | 1,517 | #226 |
| 2003 | — | — | 1,559 | #224 |
| 2002 | — | — | 1,555 | #225 |
| 2001 | — | — | 1,696 | #210 |
| 2000 | 7 | #12,805 | 1,704 | #210 |
| 1999 | 7 | #12,329 | 1,690 | #203 |
| 1998 | 6 | #13,685 | 1,672 | #200 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,847 | 1,498 | #207 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,661 | 1,566 | #198 |
| 1995 | 9 | #9,347 | 1,587 | #193 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,974 | 1,628 | #189 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,529 | 1,666 | #189 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,654 | 1,670 | #188 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,879 | 1,614 | #194 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,903 | 1,543 | #196 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,544 | 1,470 | #199 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,987 | 1,307 | #204 |
| 1987 | 12 | #6,220 | 1,257 | #204 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,490 | 1,167 | #206 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,333 | 1,245 | #196 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,632 | 1,120 | #206 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,869 | 1,089 | #213 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,879 | 1,205 | #203 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,496 | 1,228 | #201 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,806 | 1,090 | #223 |
| 1979 | 9 | #7,131 | 1,097 | #214 |
| 1978 | 5 | #10,943 | 1,017 | #213 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,439 | 958 | #226 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,527 | 956 | #218 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,726 | 983 | #216 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,250 | 980 | #216 |
| 1973 | 11 | #5,110 | 865 | #243 |
| 1972 | — | — | 842 | #248 |
| 1971 | 7 | #7,149 | 912 | #248 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,421 | 888 | #257 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,342 | 843 | #248 |
| 1968 | — | — | 786 | #255 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,581 | 731 | #270 |
| 1966 | 6 | #6,366 | 677 | #286 |
| 1965 | 6 | #6,327 | 701 | #283 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,862 | 707 | #297 |
| 1963 | — | — | 642 | #313 |
| 1962 | 6 | #6,381 | 708 | #286 |
| 1961 | 6 | #6,372 | 615 | #316 |
| 1960 | — | — | 657 | #305 |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,970 | 655 | #303 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,927 | 614 | #306 |
| 1957 | — | — | 615 | #306 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,788 | 585 | #308 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,680 | 557 | #309 |
| 1954 | 5 | #6,399 | 603 | #290 |
| 1953 | 11 | #3,627 | 545 | #305 |
| 1952 | — | — | 540 | #306 |
| 1951 | — | — | 525 | #303 |
| 1950 | — | — | 533 | #293 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,820 | 512 | #298 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,829 | 529 | #301 |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,664 | 456 | #320 |
| 1946 | — | — | 444 | #309 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,424 | 367 | #312 |
| 1944 | — | — | 397 | #300 |
| 1943 | 5 | #5,200 | 357 | #324 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,514 | 326 | #337 |
| 1941 | 6 | #4,316 | 339 | #316 |
| 1940 | — | — | 317 | #317 |
| 1939 | — | — | 324 | #309 |
| 1938 | — | — | 300 | #316 |
| 1937 | — | — | 325 | #300 |
| 1936 | — | — | 315 | #300 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,755 | 357 | #287 |
| 1934 | — | — | 362 | #284 |
| 1933 | — | — | 310 | #305 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,999 | 347 | #295 |
| 1931 | — | — | 367 | #288 |
| 1930 | 10 | #3,009 | 501 | #250 |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,622 | 473 | #256 |
| 1928 | 7 | #4,097 | 481 | #257 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,509 | 411 | #279 |
| 1926 | — | — | 404 | #284 |
| 1925 | — | — | 423 | #280 |
| 1924 | — | — | 433 | #274 |
| 1923 | — | — | 341 | #308 |
| 1922 | — | — | 329 | #315 |
| 1921 | — | — | 327 | #325 |
| 1920 | — | — | 279 | #352 |
| 1919 | — | — | 232 | #381 |
| 1918 | — | — | 226 | #397 |
| 1917 | — | — | 231 | #367 |
| 1916 | — | — | 200 | #393 |
| 1915 | — | — | 193 | #387 |
| 1914 | — | — | 162 | #372 |
| 1913 | — | — | 127 | #373 |
| 1912 | — | — | 120 | #345 |
| 1911 | — | — | 76 | #311 |
| 1910 | — | — | 83 | #268 |
| 1909 | — | — | 56 | #309 |
| 1908 | — | — | 53 | #302 |
| 1907 | — | — | 66 | #258 |
| 1906 | — | — | 50 | #285 |
| 1905 | — | — | 51 | #278 |
| 1904 | — | — | 43 | #299 |
| 1903 | — | — | 44 | #287 |
| 1902 | — | — | 44 | #287 |
| 1901 | — | — | 36 | #293 |
| 1900 | — | — | 44 | #323 |
| 1899 | — | — | 25 | #371 |
| 1898 | — | — | 27 | #384 |
| 1897 | — | — | 21 | #421 |
| 1896 | — | — | 40 | #293 |
| 1895 | — | — | 23 | #410 |
| 1894 | — | — | 32 | #316 |
| 1893 | — | — | 31 | #316 |
| 1892 | — | — | 28 | #367 |
| 1891 | — | — | 25 | #346 |
| 1890 | — | — | 32 | #309 |
| 1889 | — | — | 26 | #350 |
| 1888 | — | — | 25 | #373 |
| 1887 | — | — | 19 | #388 |
| 1886 | — | — | 24 | #355 |
| 1885 | — | — | 23 | #375 |
| 1884 | — | — | 30 | #324 |
| 1883 | — | — | 18 | #429 |
| 1882 | — | — | 27 | #344 |
| 1881 | — | — | 14 | #481 |
| 1880 | — | — | 31 | #304 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).