Meaning not yet researched.
Pete: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 58 in 2025. Its best rank was #173 in 1908.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #173 in 1908; #2,382 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Pete in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,382 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1908, at #173.
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Pete: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 58 boys in 2025. Peak: #173 in 1908 · most boys in one year: 767 (1959).
In 2025, 58 US boys were named Pete, making it the 2,382nd most common boys’ name of the year, up 702 places from #3,084 in 2024. That is 18 more than the 40 boys named Pete in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #173, reached in 1908. The most boys given the name in a single year was 767, in 1959. For comparison, it was #2,202 in 2015 and #280 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Pete in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 50 babies with the name. In all, 43,700 US babies have been given the name, 0.4% of them girls and 99.6% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 6,332 babies named Pete.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 525 US boys were named Pete; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 60. In 2025 that was about 1 in 29,450 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Pete ranked highest in Tennessee in 2025, at #1,012 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Pet and Peat are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Petey.
Meaning not yet researched.
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No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Pet (20), Peat (8).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Pete is listed as a nickname for Peter.
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 47 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | 6 | #1,012 | — |
| Texas | 10 | #1,728 | #1,513 |
| Florida | 6 | #1,784 | — |
| California | 5 | #2,717 | #2,204 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 58 | #2,382 |
| 2024 | — | — | 40 | #3,084 |
| 2023 | — | — | 54 | #2,503 |
| 2022 | — | — | 55 | #2,508 |
| 2021 | — | — | 58 | #2,367 |
| 2020 | — | — | 51 | #2,536 |
| 2019 | — | — | 44 | #2,840 |
| 2018 | — | — | 60 | #2,277 |
| 2017 | — | — | 56 | #2,334 |
| 2016 | — | — | 49 | #2,581 |
| 2015 | — | — | 62 | #2,202 |
| 2014 | — | — | 70 | #2,038 |
| 2013 | — | — | 63 | #2,133 |
| 2012 | — | — | 64 | #2,123 |
| 2011 | — | — | 66 | #2,048 |
| 2010 | — | — | 65 | #2,088 |
| 2009 | — | — | 82 | #1,819 |
| 2008 | — | — | 88 | #1,733 |
| 2007 | — | — | 89 | #1,709 |
| 2006 | — | — | 88 | #1,636 |
| 2005 | — | — | 80 | #1,689 |
| 2004 | — | — | 86 | #1,551 |
| 2003 | — | — | 94 | #1,417 |
| 2002 | — | — | 97 | #1,370 |
| 2001 | — | — | 90 | #1,397 |
| 2000 | — | — | 99 | #1,308 |
| 1999 | — | — | 110 | #1,179 |
| 1998 | — | — | 123 | #1,071 |
| 1997 | — | — | 121 | #1,055 |
| 1996 | — | — | 126 | #995 |
| 1995 | — | — | 118 | #1,025 |
| 1994 | — | — | 130 | #969 |
| 1993 | — | — | 147 | #881 |
| 1992 | — | — | 128 | #951 |
| 1991 | — | — | 167 | #799 |
| 1990 | — | — | 169 | #782 |
| 1989 | — | — | 179 | #742 |
| 1988 | — | — | 179 | #702 |
| 1987 | — | — | 172 | #693 |
| 1986 | — | — | 186 | #657 |
| 1985 | — | — | 182 | #650 |
| 1984 | — | — | 195 | #609 |
| 1983 | — | — | 206 | #598 |
| 1982 | — | — | 209 | #594 |
| 1981 | — | — | 236 | #555 |
| 1980 | — | — | 220 | #579 |
| 1979 | — | — | 269 | #513 |
| 1978 | 5 | #10,946 | 210 | #583 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,717 | 262 | #505 |
| 1976 | — | — | 261 | #494 |
| 1975 | — | — | 258 | #498 |
| 1974 | — | — | 268 | #490 |
| 1973 | 5 | #9,379 | 279 | #472 |
| 1972 | 5 | #9,214 | 313 | #450 |
| 1971 | 7 | #7,150 | 360 | #428 |
| 1970 | — | — | 374 | #424 |
| 1969 | — | — | 342 | #426 |
| 1968 | — | — | 357 | #409 |
| 1967 | 5 | #7,560 | 379 | #387 |
| 1966 | 6 | #6,369 | 388 | #387 |
| 1965 | — | — | 449 | #362 |
| 1964 | 5 | #7,525 | 549 | #333 |
| 1963 | — | — | 609 | #321 |
| 1962 | 5 | #7,313 | 629 | #314 |
| 1961 | — | — | 695 | #294 |
| 1960 | — | — | 756 | #287 |
| 1959 | — | — | 767 | #285 |
| 1958 | — | — | 757 | #279 |
| 1957 | — | — | 651 | #295 |
| 1956 | — | — | 573 | #310 |
| 1955 | 5 | #6,492 | 551 | #310 |
| 1954 | 5 | #6,403 | 495 | #328 |
| 1953 | — | — | 531 | #311 |
| 1952 | — | — | 504 | #316 |
| 1951 | — | — | 537 | #300 |
| 1950 | — | — | 560 | #280 |
| 1949 | — | — | 580 | #284 |
| 1948 | — | — | 654 | #252 |
| 1947 | — | — | 737 | #239 |
| 1946 | 5 | #5,529 | 684 | #228 |
| 1945 | — | — | 578 | #234 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,446 | 649 | #214 |
| 1943 | — | — | 640 | #226 |
| 1942 | — | — | 561 | #239 |
| 1941 | — | — | 534 | #239 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,441 | 513 | #237 |
| 1939 | — | — | 543 | #222 |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,395 | 513 | #235 |
| 1937 | — | — | 510 | #232 |
| 1936 | — | — | 559 | #211 |
| 1935 | — | — | 588 | #204 |
| 1934 | — | — | 602 | #205 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,678 | 514 | #227 |
| 1932 | 6 | #4,307 | 530 | #226 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,836 | 592 | #212 |
| 1930 | — | — | 578 | #223 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,465 | 584 | #220 |
| 1928 | — | — | 614 | #214 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,801 | 599 | #226 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,720 | 643 | #212 |
| 1925 | 5 | #5,607 | 646 | #214 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,722 | 628 | #215 |
| 1923 | 5 | #5,542 | 623 | #208 |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,623 | 644 | #203 |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,360 | 668 | #205 |
| 1920 | — | — | 636 | #205 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,693 | 628 | #201 |
| 1918 | — | — | 638 | #201 |
| 1917 | 5 | #5,166 | 639 | #190 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,993 | 582 | #196 |
| 1915 | — | — | 531 | #203 |
| 1914 | — | — | 432 | #194 |
| 1913 | — | — | 340 | #199 |
| 1912 | — | — | 263 | #211 |
| 1911 | — | — | 143 | #206 |
| 1910 | — | — | 156 | #181 |
| 1909 | — | — | 120 | #188 |
| 1908 | — | — | 131 | #173 |
| 1907 | — | — | 122 | #178 |
| 1906 | — | — | 80 | #221 |
| 1905 | — | — | 86 | #203 |
| 1904 | — | — | 71 | #221 |
| 1903 | — | — | 69 | #217 |
| 1902 | — | — | 75 | #207 |
| 1901 | — | — | 79 | #186 |
| 1900 | — | — | 116 | #184 |
| 1899 | — | — | 74 | #186 |
| 1898 | — | — | 53 | #242 |
| 1897 | — | — | 76 | #195 |
| 1896 | — | — | 63 | #227 |
| 1895 | — | — | 66 | #212 |
| 1894 | — | — | 68 | #206 |
| 1893 | — | — | 64 | #214 |
| 1892 | — | — | 74 | #203 |
| 1891 | — | — | 53 | #221 |
| 1890 | — | — | 60 | #214 |
| 1889 | — | — | 60 | #215 |
| 1888 | — | — | 82 | #184 |
| 1887 | — | — | 47 | #238 |
| 1886 | — | — | 54 | #231 |
| 1885 | — | — | 56 | #216 |
| 1884 | — | — | 81 | #175 |
| 1883 | — | — | 43 | #251 |
| 1882 | — | — | 60 | #211 |
| 1881 | — | — | 57 | #201 |
| 1880 | — | — | 50 | #235 |
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).