How Many People Are Named Peter?
people named Peter are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 876 people in the US has this name
Based on 591,531 babies named Peter in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
11,628 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Hungarian form of PETER.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Peter in English. Counting Peter and these spellings together, about 390,682 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Peter (99.7%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Peter alive today is about 50 years old, and 42% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 36 and 67 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Peter first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1957, to 11,628 babies. In 2025, 1,954 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Peter never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #31, in 1880, and it was in the top 100 for 117 years, 1880 to 1996. In 2025 it ranked #187.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #187 |
| Best rank | #31 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | 117 (1880 to 1996) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #39 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Peter alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Peter were born in New York than in any other state: about 71,997 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Peter was given 3.1 times as often in Connecticut, 3 times in Massachusetts and 2.8 times in Rhode Island.
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