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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | 1,594 | #16 |
| 1956 | 1,861 | #13 |
| 1957 | 1,949 | #10 |
| 1958 | 1,963 | #10 |
| 1959 | 2,011 | #9 |
| 1960 | 2,192 | #6 |
| 1961 | 2,411 | #6 |
| 1962 | 2,337 | #6 |
| 1963 | 2,290 | #6 |
| 1964 | 2,425 | #6 |
| 1965 | 2,186 | #8 |
| 1966 | 2,044 | #8 |
| 1967 | 2,110 | #5 |
| 1968 | 1,981 | #7 |
| 1969 | 1,892 | #8 |
| 1970 | 1,653 | #11 |
| 1971 | 1,426 | #12 |
| 1972 | 1,284 | #13 |
| 1973 | 1,090 | #13 |
| 1974 | 966 | #13 |
| 1975 | 909 | #15 |
| 1976 | 913 | #13 |
| 1977 | 883 | #10 |
| 1978 | 914 | #10 |
| 1979 | 975 | #8 |
| 1980 | 950 | #8 |
| 1981 | 951 | #7 |
| 1982 | 884 | #7 |
| 1983 | 812 | #9 |
| 1984 | 776 | #14 |
| 1985 | 722 | #18 |
| 1986 | 662 | #27 |
| 1987 | 639 | #25 |
| 1988 | 596 | #29 |
| 1989 | 510 | #35 |
| 1990 | 498 | #37 |
| 1991 | 451 | #41 |
| 1992 | 340 | #59 |
| 1993 | 323 | #66 |
| 1994 | 289 | #70 |
| 1995 | 264 | #72 |
| 1996 | 264 | #73 |
| 1997 | 223 | #89 |
| 1998 | 183 | #117 |
| 1999 | 175 | #122 |
| 2000 | 173 | #123 |
| 2001 | 151 | #141 |
| 2002 | 131 | #156 |
| 2003 | 105 | #185 |
| 2004 | 120 | #156 |
| 2005 | 70 | #254 |
| 2006 | 78 | #217 |
| 2007 | 59 | #255 |
| 2008 | 63 | #247 |
| 2009 | 52 | #281 |
| 2010 | 45 | #296 |
| 2011 | 56 | #248 |
| 2012 | 38 | #316 |
| 2013 | 54 | #242 |
| 2014 | 40 | #300 |
