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.

Petter

#18,591 most common boys' name of all time · #48,726 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1918–2020

Rank among boys
#18,591
Rank overall
#48,726 of 105,966
First appeared
1918
Years on the list
11 of 146
All-time
60
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1918 #3,715
Best rank
#3,715 1918
Girls Boys peak 7/yr
192019401960198020002020

Petter first appears in 1918. 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
2020 — 5 5 #12,206
2009 — 6 6 #11,157
2006 — 5 5 #12,258
2001 — 6 6 #9,399
1993 — 5 5 #8,936
1991 — 5 5 #8,488
1990 — 5 5 #8,376
1974 — 6 6 #4,824
1929 — 5 5 #4,390
1921 — 5 5 #4,773
1918 — 7 7 #3,715