Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys
Origin: GermanPeter is a common masculine given name. It is derived directly from Greek ฮ ฮญฯฯฮฟฯ, Petros, which itself was a translation of Aramaic Kefa, the new name Jesus gave to apostle Simon bar Jonah. An Old English variant is Piers.
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Peter yields these three numbers โ a playful read on the name's character.
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Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1952 | 1,903 | #2 |
| 1953 | 1,983 | #2 |
| 1954 | 2,097 | #1 |
| 1955 | 2,312 | #1 |
| 1956 | 2,796 | #1 |
| 1957 | 2,741 | #1 |
| 1958 | 2,572 | #1 |
| 1959 | 2,312 | #1 |
| 1960 | 3,114 | #1 |
| 1961 | 3,034 | #1 |
| 1962 | 2,738 | #2 |
| 1963 | 2,735 | #2 |
| 1964 | 2,514 | #2 |
| 1965 | 2,289 | #3 |
| 1966 | 2,211 | #3 |
| 1967 | 2,111 | #3 |
| 1968 | 1,974 | #5 |
| 1969 | 1,860 | #6 |
| 1970 | 1,734 | #7 |
| 1971 | 1,687 | #7 |
| 1972 | 1,541 | #8 |
| 1973 | 1,304 | #10 |
| 1974 | 1,243 | #11 |
| 1975 | 1,102 | #11 |
| 1976 | 983 | #13 |
| 1977 | 982 | #13 |
| 1978 | 1,024 | #10 |
| 1979 | 1,075 | #10 |
| 1980 | 1,075 | #11 |
| 1981 | 1,091 | #12 |
| 1982 | 1,019 | #14 |
| 1983 | 967 | #14 |
| 1984 | 830 | #17 |
| 1985 | 778 | #19 |
| 1986 | 716 | #22 |
| 1987 | 633 | #23 |
| 1988 | 610 | #24 |
| 1989 | 535 | #26 |
| 1990 | 536 | #26 |
| 1991 | 484 | #33 |
| 1992 | 423 | #39 |
| 1993 | 385 | #43 |
| 1994 | 371 | #47 |
| 1995 | 313 | #52 |
| 1996 | 330 | #50 |
| 1997 | 278 | #57 |
| 1998 | 227 | #65 |
| 1999 | 229 | #64 |
| 2000 | 196 | #69 |
| 2001 | 142 | #84 |
| 2002 | 183 | #76 |
| 2003 | 145 | #91 |
| 2004 | 132 | #90 |
| 2005 | 116 | #94 |
| 2006 | 126 | #83 |
| 2014 | 18 | #130 |
| 2015 | 8 | #201 |
| 2016 | 9 | #203 |
| 2017 | 16 | #137 |
