How Many People Are Named Pete?
people named Pete are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 17,625 people in the US has this name
Based on 43,700 babies named Pete in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
767 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of PETER.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Pete (99.6%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Pete alive today is about 57 years old, and 55% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 45 and 72 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Pete first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1959, to 767 babies. In 2025, 58 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Pete has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #173, in 1908. In 2025 it ranked #2,382.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,382 |
| Best rank | #173 (1908) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #213 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Pete alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Pete were born in Texas than in any other state: about 4,318 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Pete was given 8.6 times as often in New Mexico, 5.3 times in Arizona and 3.9 times in Colorado.
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