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.

Petros

#5,882 most common boys' name of all time · #14,650 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1964–2025

Rank among boys
#5,882
Rank overall
#14,650 of 105,966
First appeared
1964
Years on the list
58 of 146
All-time
715
Since 2016
115
Peak year
2007 #4,685
Best rank
#2,541 1979
Girls Boys peak 20/yr
198020002020

Petros first appears in 1964. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 9 9 #8,388
2024 — 16 16 #5,728
2023 — 13 13 #6,615
2022 — 8 8 #9,164
2021 — 9 9 #8,311
2020 — 12 12 #6,726
2019 — 15 15 #5,881
2018 — 11 11 #7,263
2017 — 15 15 #5,871
2016 — 7 7 #9,880
2015 — 18 18 #5,127
2014 — 11 11 #7,178
2013 — 15 15 #5,732
2012 — 9 9 #8,324
2011 — 12 12 #6,678
2010 — 10 10 #7,707
2009 — 15 15 #5,876
2008 — 16 16 #5,558
2007 — 20 20 #4,685
2006 — 13 13 #6,189
2005 — 8 8 #8,509
2004 — 15 15 #5,321
2003 — 14 14 #5,359
2002 — 8 8 #7,842
2001 — 15 15 #4,979
2000 — 12 12 #5,691
1999 — 14 14 #4,866
1998 — 16 16 #4,272
1997 — 11 11 #5,417
1996 — 10 10 #5,699
1995 — 16 16 #3,938
1994 — 11 11 #5,238
1993 — 13 13 #4,549
1992 — 16 16 #3,833
1991 — 19 19 #3,277
1990 — 12 12 #4,536
1989 — 12 12 #4,387
1988 — 13 13 #3,822
1987 — 10 10 #4,406
1986 — 12 12 #3,776
1984 — 11 11 #3,832
1983 — 12 12 #3,547
1982 — 16 16 #2,919
1981 — 16 16 #2,856
1980 — 14 14 #3,209
1979 — 19 19 #2,541
1978 — 8 8 #4,396
1977 — 15 15 #2,872
1976 — 11 11 #3,410
1975 — 8 8 #4,177
1974 — 15 15 #2,643
1973 — 13 13 #2,830
1972 — 6 6 #4,823
1971 — 12 12 #2,951
1970 — 8 8 #3,775
1968 — 9 9 #3,094
1967 — 5 5 #4,463
1964 — 6 6 #4,033