Peer — boys' name

What the Data Says About Peer

The Social Security Administration has registered 24 babies named Peer between 1953 and 1970, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Peer currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1970. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Peer performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Peer shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Peer 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 24 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.