Boys' name · since 1965
Petey
Petey has 26 recorded births since 1965 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1967 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,044 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 26
- born since 1965
- 1960s
- peak decade
Petey sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 26 recorded since 1965.
Petey has 26 recorded births among boys since 1965, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1965 to 1972.
- #27,044 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 26 born since 1965
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Petey ranks #27,044 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 26 born since 1965, peaking in the 1960s.
- #27,044 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 26
- born since 1965
- 1960s
- peak decade
Petey's 26 recorded births place it above 40.35% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Petey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Petey splits its recorded history at 1968: 42% of all births land in the more recent half, 58% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1968 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1967 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Petey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–1972
- Peak year (1967)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Petey by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (20 births, 77% of the file).
1960s was Petey's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 77% of all-time use.
Petey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
20 births
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 20 births (77% of all-time use).
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- Petey's decade-level peak was the 1960s (20 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Petey: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1967)
Similar record span (~7 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1965–1972 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Petey draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.