Peder — boys' name

What the Data Says About Peder

The Social Security Administration has registered 799 babies named Peder between 1894 and 2017, spanning 124 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Peder currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Peder performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 134 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Peder shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 57 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Washington and Wisconsin. In total, SSA state-level files list Peder in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Peder in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 799 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.