Pedro

Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys

Meaning

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.

From Wikipedia

Pedro first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2000 with 1,704 babies (rank #210 that year). In 2024 it was given to 799 boys (rank #401). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Pedro

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Pedro yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

4Destiny numberThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
11Soul urgeThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
2PersonalityThe peacemakerDiplomatic, sensitive, partnership-minded.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

93,892

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

1,704

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Pedro

Pedro Calderón de la Barcalibrettist · b. 1600
Pedro Sánchezuniversity teacher · b. 1972
Pedro Almodóvarfilm screenwriter · b. 1949
Pedro I of Brazilpolitician · b. 1798
Pedro Álvares Cabralseafarer · b. 1467

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	31	#304
1881	14	#481
1882	27	#344
1883	18	#429
1884	30	#324
1885	23	#375
1886	24	#355
1887	19	#388
1888	25	#373
1889	26	#350
1890	32	#309
1891	25	#346
1892	28	#367
1893	31	#316
1894	32	#316
1895	23	#410
1896	40	#293
1897	21	#421
1898	27	#384
1899	25	#371
1900	44	#323
1901	36	#293
1902	44	#287
1903	44	#287
1904	43	#299
1905	51	#278
1906	50	#285
1907	66	#258
1908	53	#302
1909	56	#309
1910	83	#268
1911	76	#311
1912	120	#345
1913	127	#373
1914	162	#372
1915	193	#387
1916	200	#393
1917	231	#367
1918	226	#398
1919	232	#381
1920	279	#352
1921	327	#325
1922	329	#315
1923	341	#308
1924	433	#274
1925	423	#280
1926	404	#284
1927	411	#279
1928	481	#257
1929	473	#256
1930	501	#250
1931	367	#288
1932	347	#295
1933	310	#305
1934	363	#284
1935	356	#287
1936	315	#300
1937	325	#300
1938	300	#316
1939	324	#309
1940	317	#317
1941	339	#316
1942	326	#337
1943	357	#324
1944	397	#300
1945	367	#312
1946	444	#309
1947	456	#320
1948	529	#301
1949	512	#298
1950	533	#293
1951	525	#303
1952	540	#306
1953	546	#303
1954	603	#290
1955	556	#309
1956	585	#308
1957	615	#306
1958	614	#306
1959	655	#303
1960	657	#304
1961	615	#316
1962	708	#286
1963	643	#312
1964	706	#297
1965	701	#283
1966	677	#286
1967	731	#270
1968	787	#254
1969	842	#249
1970	888	#257
1971	911	#248
1972	842	#248
1973	865	#243
1974	980	#216
1975	983	#216
1976	956	#218
1977	958	#226
1978	1,018	#213
1979	1,097	#214
1980	1,091	#222
1981	1,228	#201
1982	1,205	#203
1983	1,089	#213
1984	1,120	#206
1985	1,245	#196
1986	1,166	#207
1987	1,257	#204
1988	1,307	#204
1989	1,470	#199
1990	1,543	#196
1991	1,614	#194
1992	1,670	#188
1993	1,666	#189
1994	1,628	#189
1995	1,586	#194
1996	1,566	#198
1997	1,498	#207
1998	1,672	#200
1999	1,690	#203
2000	1,704	#210
2001	1,696	#210
2002	1,555	#225
2003	1,559	#224
2004	1,517	#226
2005	1,645	#218
2006	1,651	#219
2007	1,609	#230
2008	1,409	#248
2009	1,276	#269
2010	1,192	#283
2011	1,049	#307
2012	1,017	#317
2013	925	#346
2014	904	#355
2015	875	#368
2016	878	#375
2017	811	#395
2018	805	#393
2019	783	#398
2020	723	#411
2021	722	#429
2022	775	#417
2023	755	#421
2024	799	#401