Piedad
Piedad is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Piedad
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Piedad is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Piedad
The earliest SSA record of Piedad as a baby girl name dates back to 1915, when 5 babies received it. 1923 was its biggest year on record, with 12 newborns named Piedad — #2,732 in the national rankings. About 27% of every Piedad on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Piedad last appeared in the published SSA data in 2008, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 252 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Names that sound like Piedad
Phonetically similar names — useful when Piedad is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Padded
- Podded
- Bided
- Pitted
- Pouted
- Pitied
- Patted
- Petted
- Petard
- Potted
- Pated
- Powdered
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Piedad
Piedad is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 252 births in the dataset. Piedad's peak popularity came in 1923 when it ranked #2,732. Use the chart and map above to compare Piedad'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.