Petter vs Pete

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

Name A

Petter

Boy name

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Name B

Pete

Boy name · Rank #3036

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Metric Petter Pete
Current Rank Unranked #3036
Total Births (all years) 60 43,474
Peak Year 1918 1959
Peak Year Births 7 768
Peak Decade 2000ss 1920ss
Gender Boy Boy
First Recorded Year 1918 1880

Births by Decade

Decade Petter Pete
1880ss — 590
1890ss — 651
1900ss — 949
1910ss 7 4,352
1920ss 10 6,285
1930ss — 5,529
1940ss — 6,130
1950ss — 5,928
1960ss — 5,153
1970ss 6 2,855
1980ss — 1,964
1990ss 15 1,338
2000ss 17 893
2010ss — 599
2020ss 5 258

Recent Annual Births (2014–present)

Year Petter Pete
2014 — 70
2015 — 62
2016 — 49
2017 — 56
2018 — 60
2019 — 44
2020 5 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, 1918–2020.

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