Peter — #192 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Peter

The Social Security Administration has registered 587,633 babies named Peter between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Peter currently holds the #192 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 11,604 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Peter performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 102,754 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Peter shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 116,965 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Peter in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Peter 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 587,633 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.