Pedro
Pedro was given to 684 boys in 2025, #455 among boys’ names; 94,582 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 76,700 Americans named Pedro and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (81% of everyone recorded); the median is 32 years old and half are between 20 and 48.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Pedro by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Pedro mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Pedro is “a male given name from Spanish or Portuguese, equivalent to English Peter.” Its etymology gives the sense “stone, rock” (πέτρος).
Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Pedro, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”). Doublet of Peter, Piers, Pietro, and Boutros.
/ˈpeɪdɹoʊ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Pedro?
#455 among boys’ names, 2025
Pedro fell from #368 in 2015 to #455 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.46 to 0.40 per 1,000.
1,711 babies in 2000, the peak
Pedro peaked in 2000, when 1,711 babies were given it (1,704 boys, #210 among boys’ names). The 684 births of 2025 are 40% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 684 | #455 | 0.40 |
| 2024 | 801 | #403 | 0.46 |
| 2023 | 756 | #420 | 0.44 |
| 2022 | 775 | #418 | 0.44 |
| 2021 | 722 | #430 | 0.41 |
| 2020 | 723 | #411 | 0.42 |
| 2019 | 784 | #398 | 0.44 |
| 2018 | 805 | #394 | 0.44 |
| 2017 | 811 | #395 | 0.44 |
| 2016 | 878 | #375 | 0.46 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 875 | #368 | 0.46 |
| 2014 | 904 | #355 | 0.47 |
| 2013 | 925 | #346 | 0.49 |
| 2012 | 1,017 | #317 | 0.54 |
| 2011 | 1,049 | #307 | 0.55 |
| 2010 | 1,193 | #282 | 0.62 |
| 2009 | 1,276 | #269 | 0.64 |
| 2008 | 1,409 | #248 | 0.69 |
| 2007 | 1,609 | #230 | 0.78 |
| 2006 | 1,651 | #219 | 0.80 |
| 2005 | 1,645 | #218 | 0.82 |
| 2004 | 1,517 | #226 | 0.76 |
| 2003 | 1,559 | #224 | 0.79 |
| 2002 | 1,555 | #225 | 0.80 |
| 2001 | 1,696 | #210 | 0.87 |
| 2000 | 1,704 | #210 | 0.87 |
| 1999 | 1,690 | #203 | 0.88 |
| 1998 | 1,672 | #200 | 0.87 |
| 1997 | 1,498 | #207 | 0.79 |
| 1996 | 1,566 | #198 | 0.83 |
| 1995 | 1,587 | #193 | 0.83 |
| 1994 | 1,628 | #189 | 0.84 |
| 1993 | 1,666 | #189 | 0.85 |
| 1992 | 1,670 | #188 | 0.84 |
| 1991 | 1,614 | #194 | 0.80 |
| 1990 | 1,543 | #196 | 0.75 |
| 1989 | 1,470 | #199 | 0.73 |
| 1988 | 1,307 | #204 | 0.68 |
| 1987 | 1,257 | #204 | 0.67 |
| 1986 | 1,167 | #206 | 0.63 |
| 1985 | 1,245 | #196 | 0.67 |
| 1984 | 1,120 | #206 | 0.62 |
| 1983 | 1,089 | #213 | 0.61 |
| 1982 | 1,205 | #203 | 0.66 |
| 1981 | 1,228 | #201 | 0.69 |
| 1980 | 1,090 | #223 | 0.61 |
| 1979 | 1,097 | #214 | 0.64 |
| 1978 | 1,017 | #213 | 0.62 |
| 1977 | 958 | #226 | 0.58 |
| 1976 | 956 | #218 | 0.61 |
| 1975 | 983 | #216 | 0.63 |
| 1974 | 980 | #216 | 0.62 |
| 1973 | 865 | #243 | 0.55 |
| 1972 | 842 | #248 | 0.52 |
| 1971 | 912 | #248 | 0.52 |
| 1970 | 888 | #257 | 0.48 |
| 1969 | 843 | #248 | 0.47 |
| 1968 | 786 | #255 | 0.45 |
| 1967 | 731 | #270 | 0.42 |
| 1966 | 677 | #286 | 0.38 |
| 1965 | 701 | #283 | 0.38 |
| 1964 | 707 | #297 | 0.35 |
| 1963 | 642 | #313 | 0.32 |
| 1962 | 708 | #286 | 0.34 |
| 1961 | 615 | #316 | 0.29 |
| 1960 | 657 | #305 | 0.31 |
| 1959 | 655 | #303 | 0.31 |
| 1958 | 614 | #306 | 0.29 |
| 1957 | 615 | #306 | 0.29 |
| 1956 | 585 | #308 | 0.28 |
| 1955 | 557 | #309 | 0.27 |
| 1954 | 603 | #290 | 0.30 |
| 1953 | 545 | #305 | 0.28 |
| 1952 | 540 | #306 | 0.28 |
| 1951 | 525 | #303 | 0.28 |
| 1950 | 533 | #293 | 0.30 |
| 1949 | 512 | #298 | 0.29 |
| 1948 | 529 | #301 | 0.30 |
| 1947 | 456 | #320 | 0.25 |
| 1946 | 444 | #309 | 0.27 |
| 1945 | 367 | #312 | 0.27 |
| 1944 | 397 | #300 | 0.29 |
| 1943 | 357 | #324 | 0.25 |
| 1942 | 326 | #337 | 0.24 |
| 1941 | 339 | #316 | 0.28 |
| 1940 | 317 | #317 | 0.27 |
| 1939 | 324 | #309 | 0.29 |
| 1938 | 300 | #316 | 0.27 |
| 1937 | 325 | #300 | 0.30 |
| 1936 | 315 | #300 | 0.30 |
| 1935 | 357 | #287 | 0.34 |
| 1934 | 362 | #284 | 0.35 |
| 1933 | 310 | #305 | 0.31 |
| 1932 | 347 | #295 | 0.33 |
| 1931 | 367 | #288 | 0.35 |
| 1930 | 501 | #250 | 0.46 |
| 1929 | 473 | #256 | 0.44 |
| 1928 | 481 | #257 | 0.43 |
| 1927 | 411 | #279 | 0.36 |
| 1926 | 404 | #284 | 0.36 |
| 1925 | 423 | #280 | 0.38 |
| 1924 | 433 | #274 | 0.38 |
| 1923 | 341 | #308 | 0.31 |
| 1922 | 329 | #315 | 0.30 |
| 1921 | 327 | #325 | 0.30 |
| 1920 | 279 | #352 | 0.26 |
| 1919 | 232 | #381 | 0.24 |
| 1918 | 226 | #397 | 0.22 |
| 1917 | 231 | #367 | 0.25 |
| 1916 | 200 | #393 | 0.22 |
| 1915 | 193 | #387 | 0.23 |
| 1914 | 162 | #372 | 0.25 |
| 1913 | 127 | #373 | 0.25 |
| 1912 | 120 | #345 | 0.28 |
| 1911 | 76 | #311 | 0.34 |
| 1910 | 83 | #268 | 0.43 |
| 1909 | 56 | #309 | 0.34 |
| 1908 | 53 | #302 | 0.34 |
| 1907 | 66 | #258 | 0.45 |
| 1906 | 50 | #285 | 0.38 |
| 1905 | 51 | #278 | 0.39 |
| 1904 | 43 | #299 | 0.34 |
| 1903 | 44 | #287 | 0.37 |
| 1902 | 44 | #287 | 0.36 |
| 1901 | 36 | #293 | 0.34 |
| 1900 | 44 | #323 | 0.29 |
| 1899 | 25 | #371 | 0.24 |
| 1898 | 27 | #384 | 0.22 |
| 1897 | 21 | #421 | 0.19 |
| 1896 | 40 | #293 | 0.33 |
| 1895 | 23 | #410 | 0.20 |
| 1894 | 32 | #316 | 0.28 |
| 1893 | 31 | #316 | 0.28 |
| 1892 | 28 | #367 | 0.23 |
| 1891 | 25 | #346 | 0.25 |
| 1890 | 32 | #309 | 0.29 |
| 1889 | 26 | #350 | 0.24 |
| 1888 | 25 | #373 | 0.21 |
| 1887 | 19 | #388 | 0.19 |
| 1886 | 24 | #355 | 0.22 |
| 1885 | 23 | #375 | 0.21 |
| 1884 | 30 | #324 | 0.26 |
| 1883 | 18 | #429 | 0.17 |
| 1882 | 27 | #344 | 0.24 |
| 1881 | 14 | #481 | 0.14 |
| 1880 | 31 | #304 | 0.28 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Pedro a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Pedro has been given almost only to boys: 499 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Pedro: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Pedro, and how old are they?
76,700 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 81% of the 94,582 Americans ever recorded as Pedro. The median Pedro alive today is 32 years old; half are between 20 and 48.
The 2020 Census counted 175,194 people named Pedro (340 women and girls, 174,854 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 75,421 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.3 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,220 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 7,480 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 12,800 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 21,500 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 23,400 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 10,400 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Pedro born?
The states with the most babies named Pedro are Texas, California and Florida, with 48% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 153 | #258 | 3.8× |
| California | 108 | #335 | 2.2× |
| Florida | 57 | #346 | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 31 | #347 | 0.8× |
| Massachusetts | 28 | #219 | 0.6× |
| Arizona | 27 | #292 | 2.1× |
| Georgia | 21 | #512 | 0.3× |
| Tennessee | 17 | #472 | 0.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 16 | #600 | 0.2× |
| New York | 15 | #905 | 1.2× |
Where Pedro is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Pedro is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 3.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Pedro with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Pedro
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Pedro and names like it
- Compare Pedro and FelipeBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sPedro peaked in 2000.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Pedro since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Pedro: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2000The year the most babies were named Pedro.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Pedro alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with PMost given first.