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Peter
Pronounced /ˈpiːtə/
Rank in 2024
#192
Born in 2024
1,889
Peak year
1957 · #37
Origin
Ancient Greek
Also recorded for girls:0 in 2024
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 1,889 boys were named Peter, about 1 in every 908.
- It peaked in 1957 with 11,604 babies, ranked #37.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 587,633 boys 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.
- 3.4Greatest1901–27
- 3.8Silent1928–45
- 4.9Boomers1946–64
- 4.1Gen X1965–80
- 2.7Millennials1981–96
- 1.4Gen Z1997–12
- 1.0Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 56,420 babies, 3.37 per 1,000. Silent: 79,280 babies, 3.84 per 1,000. Boomers: 185,305 babies, 4.94 per 1,000. Gen X: 110,543 babies, 4.06 per 1,000. Millennials: 82,494 babies, 2.71 per 1,000. Gen Z: 42,428 babies, 1.35 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 22,036 babies, 1.01 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.