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Peter
Pronounced /ˈpiːtə/
Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1980 · #2167
Origin
Ancient Greek
Also recorded for boys:1,889 in 2024 (#192)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- No girls were recorded as Peter in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
- It peaked in 1980 with 47 babies, ranked #2167.
- It first shows up in the records in 1887.
- 1,943 girls have been named Peter since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Peter per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 260 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 324 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 380 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 519 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 408 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 34 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 6 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Middle English Peter, from Old English Petrus, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”). Doublet of Pedro, Piers, and Boutros.
- A male given name from Ancient Greek.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- /ˈpiːtə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Peter, CC BY-SA 4.0.