NameTides

Peter

Peter was the #187 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,954 babies), and #287 in England & Wales and #218 in Canada.

Peter as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Peter as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandIrelandUSCanadaEngland & WalesScotland
Peter as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#187 (1,954)#287 (158)#316 (11)#149 (15)#152 (34)#218 (155)—
2024#192 (1,899)#286 (157)#181 (24)#164 (13)#132 (41)#217 (153)—
2023#210 (1,750)#250 (188)#203 (21)#132 (18)#130 (44)#194 (167)—
2022#213 (1,773)#253 (184)#256 (15)#177 (12)#108 (56)#216 (155)—
2021#215 (1,785)#233 (215)#262 (16)#134 (19)#127 (50)#211 (169)—
2020#215 (1,762)#226 (214)#204 (21)#139 (18)#125 (48)#190 (185)—
2019#212 (1,821)#210 (245)#163 (32)#116 (22)#106 (64)#198 (192)—
2018#211 (1,826)#196 (269)#153 (36)#114 (22)#86 (80)#177 (217)—
2017#213 (1,793)#183 (304)#177 (31)#140 (19)#88 (82)#201 (187)—
2016#207 (1,927)#188 (297)#153 (38)#108 (28)#102 (68)#182 (207)—
2015#205 (1,939)#177 (330)#186 (30)#87 (37)#75 (103)#165 (229)—
2014#204 (1,923)#152 (369)#110 (58)#90 (35)#77 (101)#157 (242)—
2013#206 (1,854)#182 (312)#171 (32)#73 (43)#101 (70)#156 (241)—
2012#204 (1,869)#184 (311)#160 (36)#85 (38)#89 (91)#163 (223)—
2011#197 (1,838)#155 (381)#143 (41)#62 (57)#87 (90)#153 (242)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1957 at #37.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 870 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 870common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 550common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 700common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Peter is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 860 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 810 to 1 in 910.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Peter by state, 2025Alaska: #76AKMaine: #101MEWisconsin: #135WIVermont: #80VTNew Hampshire: #110NHWashington: #166WAIdaho: #118IDMontana: #96MTNorth Dakota: #152NDMinnesota: #135MNIllinois: #153ILMichigan: #178MINew York: #173NYMassachusetts: #153MAOregon: #113ORNevada: #299NVWyoming: #89WYSouth Dakota: #127SDIowa: #180IAIndiana: #118INOhio: #195OHPennsylvania: #181PANew Jersey: #177NJConnecticut: #121CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #256CAUtah: #93UTColorado: #139CONebraska: #167NEMissouri: #199MOKentucky: #203KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #134VAMaryland: #159MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #189AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #142KSArkansas: #353ARTennessee: #228TNNorth Carolina: #238NCSouth Carolina: #174SCDistrict of Columbia: #43DCOklahoma: #187OKLouisiana: #181LAMississippi: #281MSAlabama: #422ALGeorgia: #204GAHawaii: #146HITexas: #242TXFlorida: #235FL
Peter (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#21764
Quebec2025#5138

Peter (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
PeterCanadaBoys#218155
PeterEngland & WalesBoys#287158
PeterIrelandBoys#15234
PeterNorthern IrelandBoys#14915
PeterNSWBoys—too few
PeterScotlandBoys#31611
PeterUSGirls—too few
PeterUSBoys#1871,954