Pepe — boys' name

What the Data Says About Pepe

The Social Security Administration has registered 155 babies named Pepe between 1957 and 2002, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Pepe currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pepe performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 63 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Pepe shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Pepe in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pepe 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 155 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.