Petro vs Pete

Side-by-side comparison of Petro and Pete — popularity rank, total births, peak decade, and historical trends from Social Security Administration data.

Name A

Petro

Boy name

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Name B

Pete

Boy name · Rank #3036

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Metric Petro Pete
Current Rank Unranked #3036
Total Births (all years) 160 43,474
Peak Year 1971 1959
Peak Year Births 11 768
Peak Decade 1920ss 1920ss
Gender Boy Boy
First Recorded Year 1918 1880

Births by Decade

Decade Petro Pete
1880ss — 590
1890ss — 651
1900ss — 949
1910ss 6 4,352
1920ss 47 6,285
1930ss 11 5,529
1940ss — 6,130
1950ss 13 5,928
1960ss 14 5,153
1970ss 43 2,855
1980ss 11 1,964
1990ss 5 1,338
2000ss 5 893
2010ss 5 599
2020ss — 258

Recent Annual Births (2014–present)

Year Petro Pete
2014 — 70
2015 5 62
2016 — 49
2017 — 56
2018 — 60
2019 — 44
2020 — 51
2021 — 58
2022 — 55
2023 — 54
2024 — 40

Data Sources

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, ssa.gov/oact/babynames.
Source: SSA Annual Name Rankings, 1918–2015.

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