Pedro
Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for Peter. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter.
- Spanish
- Portuguese
Meaning & Origin of Pedro
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for Peter. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
- Portuguese
The Story of Pedro
Pedro first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1880, with 31 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2000, when 1,704 Pedros were born — ranking #210 that year. As of 2026, Pedro ranks #400 for baby boys with 809 births, holding steady (+2%). In total, more than 95K Pedros have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Pedro
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Pedro. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Pedrinho
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About the name Pedro
Pedro is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 95K births in the dataset. Pedro's peak popularity came in 2000 when it ranked #188. Use the chart and map above to compare Pedro's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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