Pete
#543 most common boys' name of all time · #1,199 across all names · >99% boys / <1% girls · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#543
Rank overall
#1,199 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
43,700
Since 2016
525
Peak year
1959 #285
Best rank
#174 1908
Girls
Boys
peak 767/yr
Pete is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 58 | 58 | #2,364 |
| 2024 | — | 40 | 40 | #3,045 |
| 2023 | — | 54 | 54 | #2,481 |
| 2022 | — | 55 | 55 | #2,493 |
| 2021 | — | 58 | 58 | #2,349 |
| 2020 | — | 51 | 51 | #2,505 |
| 2019 | — | 44 | 44 | #2,810 |
| 2018 | — | 60 | 60 | #2,262 |
| 2017 | — | 56 | 56 | #2,320 |
| 2016 | — | 49 | 49 | #2,551 |
| 2015 | — | 62 | 62 | #2,189 |
| 2014 | — | 70 | 70 | #2,019 |
| 2013 | — | 63 | 63 | #2,114 |
| 2012 | — | 64 | 64 | #2,104 |
| 2011 | — | 66 | 66 | #2,035 |
| 2010 | — | 65 | 65 | #2,070 |
| 2009 | — | 82 | 82 | #1,809 |
| 2008 | — | 88 | 88 | #1,720 |
| 2007 | — | 89 | 89 | #1,700 |
| 2006 | — | 88 | 88 | #1,627 |
| 2005 | — | 80 | 80 | #1,675 |
| 2004 | — | 86 | 86 | #1,542 |
| 2003 | — | 94 | 94 | #1,410 |
| 2002 | — | 97 | 97 | #1,360 |
| 2001 | — | 90 | 90 | #1,392 |
| 2000 | — | 99 | 99 | #1,302 |
| 1999 | — | 110 | 110 | #1,174 |
| 1998 | — | 123 | 123 | #1,070 |
| 1997 | — | 121 | 121 | #1,051 |
| 1996 | — | 126 | 126 | #991 |
| 1995 | — | 118 | 118 | #1,023 |
| 1994 | — | 130 | 130 | #968 |
| 1993 | — | 147 | 147 | #881 |
| 1992 | — | 128 | 128 | #950 |
| 1991 | — | 167 | 167 | #797 |
| 1990 | — | 169 | 169 | #780 |
| 1989 | — | 179 | 179 | #740 |
| 1988 | — | 179 | 179 | #699 |
| 1987 | — | 172 | 172 | #690 |
| 1986 | — | 186 | 186 | #655 |
| 1985 | — | 182 | 182 | #649 |
| 1984 | — | 195 | 195 | #608 |
| 1983 | — | 206 | 206 | #596 |
| 1982 | — | 209 | 209 | #594 |
| 1981 | — | 236 | 236 | #554 |
| 1980 | — | 220 | 220 | #579 |
| 1979 | — | 269 | 269 | #513 |
| 1978 | 5 | 210 | 215 | #581 |
| 1977 | 9 | 262 | 271 | #505 |
| 1976 | — | 261 | 261 | #493 |
| 1975 | — | 258 | 258 | #497 |
| 1974 | — | 268 | 268 | #488 |
| 1973 | 5 | 279 | 284 | #468 |
| 1972 | 5 | 313 | 318 | #449 |
| 1971 | 7 | 360 | 367 | #428 |
| 1970 | — | 374 | 374 | #424 |
| 1969 | — | 342 | 342 | #426 |
| 1968 | — | 357 | 357 | #409 |
| 1967 | 5 | 379 | 384 | #387 |
| 1966 | 6 | 388 | 394 | #388 |
| 1965 | — | 449 | 449 | #362 |
| 1964 | 5 | 549 | 554 | #333 |
| 1963 | — | 609 | 609 | #321 |
| 1962 | 5 | 629 | 634 | #313 |
| 1961 | — | 695 | 695 | #294 |
| 1960 | — | 756 | 756 | #287 |
| 1959 | — | 767 | 767 | #285 |
| 1958 | — | 757 | 757 | #279 |
| 1957 | — | 651 | 651 | #294 |
| 1956 | — | 573 | 573 | #310 |
| 1955 | 5 | 551 | 556 | #310 |
| 1954 | 5 | 495 | 500 | #328 |
| 1953 | — | 531 | 531 | #311 |
| 1952 | — | 504 | 504 | #316 |
| 1951 | — | 537 | 537 | #300 |
| 1950 | — | 560 | 560 | #280 |
| 1949 | — | 580 | 580 | #284 |
| 1948 | — | 654 | 654 | #252 |
| 1947 | — | 737 | 737 | #239 |
| 1946 | 5 | 684 | 689 | #227 |
| 1945 | — | 578 | 578 | #233 |
| 1944 | 6 | 649 | 655 | #214 |
| 1943 | — | 640 | 640 | #226 |
| 1942 | — | 561 | 561 | #239 |
| 1941 | — | 534 | 534 | #239 |
| 1940 | 8 | 513 | 521 | #237 |
| 1939 | — | 543 | 543 | #222 |
| 1938 | 8 | 513 | 521 | #235 |
| 1937 | — | 510 | 510 | #232 |
| 1936 | — | 559 | 559 | #211 |
| 1935 | — | 588 | 588 | #204 |
| 1934 | — | 602 | 602 | #205 |
| 1933 | 7 | 514 | 521 | #226 |
| 1932 | 6 | 530 | 536 | #226 |
| 1931 | 5 | 592 | 597 | #212 |
| 1930 | — | 578 | 578 | #222 |
| 1929 | 6 | 584 | 590 | #219 |
| 1928 | — | 614 | 614 | #214 |
| 1927 | 8 | 599 | 607 | #225 |
| 1926 | 6 | 643 | 649 | #212 |
| 1925 | 5 | 646 | 651 | #214 |
| 1924 | 5 | 628 | 633 | #215 |
| 1923 | 5 | 623 | 628 | #207 |
| 1922 | 5 | 644 | 649 | #203 |
| 1921 | 7 | 668 | 675 | #205 |
| 1920 | — | 636 | 636 | #205 |
| 1919 | 6 | 628 | 634 | #201 |
| 1918 | — | 638 | 638 | #201 |
| 1917 | 5 | 639 | 644 | #190 |
| 1916 | 5 | 582 | 587 | #196 |
| 1915 | — | 531 | 531 | #203 |
| 1914 | — | 432 | 432 | #194 |
| 1913 | — | 340 | 340 | #199 |
| 1912 | — | 263 | 263 | #211 |
| 1911 | — | 143 | 143 | #206 |
| 1910 | — | 156 | 156 | #181 |
| 1909 | — | 120 | 120 | #187 |
| 1908 | — | 131 | 131 | #174 |
| 1907 | — | 122 | 122 | #178 |
| 1906 | — | 80 | 80 | #219 |
| 1905 | — | 86 | 86 | #203 |
| 1904 | — | 71 | 71 | #222 |
| 1903 | — | 69 | 69 | #218 |
| 1902 | — | 75 | 75 | #207 |
| 1901 | — | 79 | 79 | #186 |
| 1900 | — | 116 | 116 | #184 |
| 1899 | — | 74 | 74 | #186 |
| 1898 | — | 53 | 53 | #239 |
| 1897 | — | 76 | 76 | #195 |
| 1896 | — | 63 | 63 | #227 |
| 1895 | — | 66 | 66 | #212 |
| 1894 | — | 68 | 68 | #206 |
| 1893 | — | 64 | 64 | #212 |
| 1892 | — | 74 | 74 | #203 |
| 1891 | — | 53 | 53 | #221 |
| 1890 | — | 60 | 60 | #215 |
| 1889 | — | 60 | 60 | #214 |
| 1888 | — | 82 | 82 | #184 |
| 1887 | — | 47 | 47 | #235 |
| 1886 | — | 54 | 54 | #231 |
| 1885 | — | 56 | 56 | #214 |
| 1884 | — | 81 | 81 | #175 |
| 1883 | — | 43 | 43 | #250 |
| 1882 | — | 60 | 60 | #211 |
| 1881 | — | 57 | 57 | #201 |
| 1880 | — | 50 | 50 | #235 |