How rare is the name Pedro?

175,194 people in the United States have the first name Pedro, about 1 in 1,724. It ranks #317 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

PEDRO

#317

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
175,194
About
1 in 1,724
This common or more
50%
Who bears it

Of the 175,194 people named Pedro, 93.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 3.9% as White and 1.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Pedro peaked in 2000, when 1,711 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2000
Births that year
1,711
In 2025*
684 ▼60%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 94,582 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Pedro by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #384. The largest share of babies named Pedro, 25.1%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#771237
1890s#873284
1900s#769487
1910s#8051,650
1920s#6283,925
1930s#6283,533
1940s#6694,088
1950s#6595,811
1960s#6317,113
1970s#5049,587
1980s#42512,295
1990s#38416,237
2000s#43815,633
2010s#7099,241
2020s#8594,461
Before 19010.6%
Greatest Generation 1901–275.3%
Silent Generation 1928–457%
Baby boom 1946–6411.8%
Generation X 1965–8015.3%
Millennials 1981–9623.8%
Generation Z 1997–1225.1%
2013 and later11%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Pedro is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Pedro has been most common in Texas (4.1×), New Mexico (3.4×), and Arizona (2.9×), and least common in Mississippi (0.04×).

89,644 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Pedro

#315 Isaiah · 175,788#316 Avery · 175,333#318 Doris · 174,013#319 Blake · 173,524

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Pedro, most common first.

#9,763 Petro · 1,404#46,361 Pedra · 144

Also a last name

As a last name, Pedro ranks #4,899 of 156,621, with 6,980 people. See Pedro as a last name

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