first name
PETE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 28,623 people named Pete, 61.3% reported their origin as White, 27.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.4% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Pete peaked in 1959, when 767 babies got the name.
At least 43,700 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.
Pete by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #455. The largest share of babies named Pete, 27.1%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Pete is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Pete has been most common in New Mexico (8.2×), Colorado (3.1×), and Arizona (2.9×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.11×).
36,464 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 Pete
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Pete, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Pete ranks #7,440 of 156,621, with 4,320 people. See Pete as a last name
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