Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Peter

#57 most common boys' name of all time · #104 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#57
Rank overall
#104 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
591,531
Since 2016
18,296
Peak year
1957 #37
Best rank
#31 1880
Girls Boys peak 11,628/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Peter 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 1,954 1,954 #187
2024 — 1,899 1,899 #192
2023 — 1,750 1,750 #210
2022 6 1,773 1,779 #213
2021 — 1,785 1,785 #215
2020 — 1,762 1,762 #215
2019 — 1,821 1,821 #212
2018 — 1,826 1,826 #211
2017 — 1,793 1,793 #214
2016 — 1,927 1,927 #207
2015 — 1,939 1,939 #205
2014 — 1,923 1,923 #204
2013 — 1,854 1,854 #206
2012 — 1,869 1,869 #204
2011 — 1,838 1,838 #197
2010 — 1,935 1,935 #193
2009 — 2,009 2,009 #190
2008 — 2,186 2,186 #181
2007 — 2,340 2,340 #177
2006 5 2,481 2,486 #167
2005 6 2,555 2,561 #161
2004 7 2,790 2,797 #143
2003 — 2,804 2,804 #146
2002 — 2,873 2,873 #134
2001 — 2,950 2,950 #133
2000 6 3,148 3,154 #125
1999 — 3,439 3,439 #105
1998 — 3,388 3,388 #111
1997 10 3,829 3,839 #102
1996 7 4,082 4,089 #95
1995 15 4,112 4,127 #89
1994 16 4,225 4,241 #87
1993 9 4,538 4,547 #82
1992 18 4,598 4,616 #81
1991 11 4,959 4,970 #77
1990 21 5,224 5,245 #74
1989 21 5,411 5,432 #66
1988 29 5,425 5,454 #64
1987 33 5,553 5,586 #64
1986 44 5,797 5,841 #60
1985 30 5,671 5,701 #60
1984 43 5,633 5,676 #60
1983 37 5,482 5,519 #59
1982 41 5,777 5,818 #57
1981 33 5,997 6,030 #55
1980 47 5,967 6,014 #55
1979 38 6,079 6,117 #53
1978 36 5,872 5,908 #54
1977 33 5,821 5,854 #55
1976 34 5,445 5,479 #54
1975 22 5,698 5,720 #54
1974 31 5,940 5,971 #50
1973 26 5,913 5,939 #52
1972 30 6,471 6,501 #48
1971 39 7,025 7,064 #47
1970 40 8,056 8,096 #44
1969 36 7,832 7,868 #43
1968 30 8,122 8,152 #39
1967 24 8,311 8,335 #39
1966 33 8,584 8,617 #39
1965 20 9,395 9,415 #39
1964 16 9,911 9,927 #39
1963 23 9,614 9,637 #40
1962 16 9,585 9,601 #43
1961 39 10,349 10,388 #42
1960 31 10,715 10,746 #42
1959 27 11,289 11,316 #40
1958 20 10,757 10,777 #41
1957 25 11,603 11,628 #37
1956 19 11,334 11,353 #37
1955 19 11,003 11,022 #35
1954 18 10,085 10,103 #37
1953 23 9,729 9,752 #38
1952 13 9,586 9,599 #36
1951 14 8,999 9,013 #38
1950 6 8,362 8,368 #37
1949 16 8,266 8,282 #38
1948 21 8,048 8,069 #37
1947 19 8,590 8,609 #36
1946 15 7,483 7,498 #38
1945 22 6,483 6,505 #38
1944 22 6,340 6,362 #40
1943 17 6,877 6,894 #39
1942 18 6,587 6,605 #39
1941 13 5,607 5,620 #44
1940 20 5,049 5,069 #43
1939 11 4,639 4,650 #46
1938 16 4,293 4,309 #48
1937 14 3,809 3,823 #52
1936 13 3,714 3,727 #56
1935 11 3,422 3,433 #59
1934 23 3,290 3,313 #61
1933 16 3,137 3,153 #60
1932 22 3,130 3,152 #62
1931 16 3,122 3,138 #61
1930 16 3,266 3,282 #56
1929 25 3,216 3,241 #55
1928 29 3,299 3,328 #56
1927 26 3,301 3,327 #59
1926 19 3,358 3,377 #58
1925 13 3,373 3,386 #60
1924 17 3,520 3,537 #59
1923 18 3,409 3,427 #58
1922 24 3,545 3,569 #57
1921 16 3,548 3,564 #57
1920 17 3,497 3,514 #57
1919 16 3,375 3,391 #57
1918 11 3,711 3,722 #53
1917 13 3,464 3,477 #50
1916 13 3,370 3,383 #50
1915 20 3,302 3,322 #48
1914 12 2,624 2,636 #48
1913 9 1,934 1,943 #51
1912 5 1,679 1,684 #48
1911 5 845 850 #50
1910 — 631 631 #56
1909 — 539 539 #56
1908 — 541 541 #53
1907 — 473 473 #61
1906 6 427 433 #59
1905 — 409 409 #62
1904 — 395 395 #62
1903 — 372 372 #58
1902 — 433 433 #51
1901 — 343 343 #56
1900 — 443 443 #58
1899 6 354 360 #53
1898 — 409 409 #54
1897 — 397 397 #52
1896 — 402 402 #52
1895 — 412 412 #53
1894 — 391 391 #55
1893 — 392 392 #53
1892 — 465 465 #45
1891 — 396 396 #45
1890 — 410 410 #44
1889 — 425 425 #45
1888 — 498 498 #41
1887 6 421 427 #43
1886 — 437 437 #42
1885 — 516 516 #33
1884 — 524 524 #34
1883 — 450 450 #36
1882 — 461 461 #36
1881 — 428 428 #37
1880 — 496 496 #31