Is Peter a boy or girl name?
Peter is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 1,889 boys were named Peter, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0.3% of the 589,576 US babies named Peter were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #192
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Peter since 1880
- 589,576
- Most popular year
- 1957
- 11,629 babies
Boys and girls named Peter, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 4,656 | 6 | 0.1% |
| 1890s | 4,028 | 6 | 0.1% |
| 1900s | 4,376 | 6 | 0.1% |
| 1910s | 24,935 | 104 | 0.4% |
| 1920s | 34,068 | 204 | 0.6% |
| 1930s | 35,821 | 158 | 0.4% |
| 1940s | 69,328 | 183 | 0.3% |
| 1950s | 102,754 | 184 | 0.2% |
| 1960s | 92,411 | 268 | 0.3% |
| 1970s | 62,330 | 329 | 0.5% |
| 1980s | 56,725 | 358 | 0.6% |
| 1990s | 42,393 | 107 | 0.3% |
| 2000s | 26,131 | 24 | 0.1% |
| 2010s | 18,719 | 0 | 0% |
| 2020s | 8,958 | 6 | 0.1% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,889 | #192 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 1,749 | #210 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 1,773 | #213 | 6 | #14,879 |
| 2021 | 1,785 | #215 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1,762 | #215 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1,819 | #212 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1,826 | #211 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1,792 | #214 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1,926 | #207 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1,938 | #205 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1,923 | #204 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1,854 | #206 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1,869 | #204 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1,838 | #197 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1,934 | #193 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 2,009 | #190 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 2,186 | #181 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 2,337 | #177 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 2,481 | #167 | 5 | #19,331 |
| 2005 | 2,553 | #162 | 6 | #15,954 |
| 2004 | 2,790 | #143 | 7 | #13,833 |
| 2003 | 2,804 | #146 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 2,873 | #134 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 2,950 | #133 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3,148 | #125 | 6 | #14,550 |
| 1999 | 3,439 | #105 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3,389 | #111 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3,828 | #102 | 10 | #8,849 |
| 1996 | 4,082 | #95 | 7 | #11,472 |
| 1995 | 4,112 | #89 | 15 | #6,176 |
| 1994 | 4,223 | #87 | 16 | #5,914 |
| 1993 | 4,539 | #82 | 9 | #9,317 |
| 1992 | 4,598 | #81 | 18 | #5,418 |
| 1991 | 4,959 | #77 | 11 | #7,817 |
| 1990 | 5,224 | #74 | 21 | #4,645 |
| 1989 | 5,411 | #66 | 21 | #4,470 |
| 1988 | 5,424 | #64 | 29 | #3,371 |
| 1987 | 5,554 | #64 | 33 | #2,956 |
| 1986 | 5,797 | #60 | 44 | #2,328 |
| 1985 | 5,674 | #60 | 30 | #3,062 |
| 1984 | 5,637 | #60 | 43 | #2,286 |
| 1983 | 5,484 | #59 | 37 | #2,502 |
| 1982 | 5,777 | #57 | 41 | #2,405 |
| 1981 | 5,999 | #55 | 33 | #2,761 |
| 1980 | 5,968 | #55 | 47 | #2,175 |
| 1979 | 6,080 | #53 | 38 | #2,459 |
| 1978 | 5,874 | #54 | 36 | #2,457 |
| 1977 | 5,823 | #55 | 33 | #2,597 |
| 1976 | 5,445 | #54 | 34 | #2,423 |
| 1975 | 5,698 | #54 | 22 | #3,228 |
| 1974 | 5,941 | #50 | 31 | #2,481 |
| 1973 | 5,913 | #52 | 26 | #2,724 |
| 1972 | 6,475 | #48 | 30 | #2,436 |
| 1971 | 7,024 | #47 | 39 | #2,134 |
| 1970 | 8,057 | #44 | 40 | #2,071 |
| 1969 | 7,832 | #43 | 36 | #2,127 |
| 1968 | 8,121 | #39 | 30 | #2,231 |
| 1967 | 8,313 | #39 | 24 | #2,540 |
| 1966 | 8,583 | #39 | 33 | #2,046 |
| 1965 | 9,396 | #39 | 20 | #2,803 |
| 1964 | 9,908 | #39 | 16 | #3,347 |
| 1963 | 9,611 | #40 | 23 | #2,595 |
| 1962 | 9,587 | #43 | 16 | #3,261 |
| 1961 | 10,346 | #42 | 39 | #1,862 |
| 1960 | 10,714 | #42 | 31 | #2,079 |
| 1959 | 11,290 | #40 | 27 | #2,224 |
| 1958 | 10,755 | #41 | 20 | #2,641 |
| 1957 | 11,604 | #37 | 25 | #2,261 |
| 1956 | 11,335 | #37 | 19 | #2,697 |
| 1955 | 11,003 | #35 | 19 | #2,615 |
| 1954 | 10,086 | #37 | 18 | #2,674 |
| 1953 | 9,730 | #38 | 23 | #2,223 |
| 1952 | 9,586 | #36 | 13 | #3,159 |
| 1951 | 8,999 | #38 | 14 | #2,896 |
| 1950 | 8,366 | #37 | 6 | #5,149 |
| 1949 | 8,265 | #38 | 16 | #2,598 |
| 1948 | 8,049 | #37 | 21 | #2,174 |
| 1947 | 8,590 | #36 | 19 | #2,335 |
| 1946 | 7,481 | #38 | 15 | #2,571 |
| 1945 | 6,483 | #38 | 22 | #1,817 |
| 1944 | 6,340 | #40 | 22 | #1,856 |
| 1943 | 6,877 | #39 | 17 | #2,227 |
| 1942 | 6,587 | #39 | 18 | #2,102 |
| 1941 | 5,607 | #44 | 13 | #2,506 |
| 1940 | 5,049 | #43 | 20 | #1,832 |
| 1939 | 4,639 | #46 | 11 | #2,710 |
| 1938 | 4,293 | #48 | 16 | #2,096 |
| 1937 | 3,809 | #52 | 14 | #2,289 |
| 1936 | 3,714 | #56 | 13 | #2,364 |
| 1935 | 3,421 | #59 | 11 | #2,698 |
| 1934 | 3,290 | #61 | 23 | #1,597 |
| 1933 | 3,137 | #60 | 16 | #2,032 |
| 1932 | 3,130 | #62 | 22 | #1,671 |
| 1931 | 3,122 | #61 | 16 | #2,090 |
| 1930 | 3,266 | #56 | 16 | #2,193 |
| 1929 | 3,216 | #55 | 25 | #1,590 |
| 1928 | 3,300 | #56 | 29 | #1,495 |
| 1927 | 3,301 | #59 | 26 | #1,663 |
| 1926 | 3,359 | #58 | 19 | #2,058 |
| 1925 | 3,373 | #60 | 13 | #2,743 |
| 1924 | 3,520 | #59 | 17 | #2,294 |
| 1923 | 3,409 | #58 | 18 | #2,148 |
| 1922 | 3,545 | #57 | 24 | #1,775 |
| 1921 | 3,548 | #57 | 16 | #2,357 |
| 1920 | 3,497 | #57 | 17 | #2,244 |
| 1919 | 3,375 | #57 | 16 | #2,238 |
| 1918 | 3,711 | #53 | 11 | #2,983 |
| 1917 | 3,464 | #50 | 13 | #2,522 |
| 1916 | 3,370 | #50 | 13 | #2,464 |
| 1915 | 3,302 | #49 | 20 | #1,730 |
| 1914 | 2,624 | #48 | 12 | #2,101 |
| 1913 | 1,934 | #51 | 9 | #2,295 |
| 1912 | 1,679 | #48 | 5 | #3,335 |
| 1911 | 845 | #50 | 5 | #2,789 |
| 1910 | 631 | #56 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 539 | #56 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 542 | #53 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 473 | #61 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 427 | #59 | 6 | #1,907 |
| 1905 | 409 | #62 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 395 | #62 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 372 | #58 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 433 | #51 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 343 | #57 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 443 | #58 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 354 | #53 | 6 | #1,553 |
| 1898 | 409 | #54 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 397 | #51 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 402 | #52 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 412 | #53 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 391 | #55 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 392 | #54 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 465 | #45 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 396 | #45 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 410 | #45 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 425 | #45 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 498 | #41 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 421 | #43 | 6 | #1,130 |
| 1886 | 437 | #42 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 516 | #33 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 524 | #34 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 450 | #36 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 461 | #36 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 428 | #37 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 496 | #31 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Peter reached #31 in 1880. As a girl name, it reached #1,130 in 1887. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1950s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Peter
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.