Pedro
Feminine · “Rock”
Pedro is given to boys far more often — 94,083 boys against 499 girls since 1880. See Pedro as a boy name
Pedro entered the US charts in 1927, peaked at #2831 in 1932, is rarely given in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.
How old is the name Pedro?
Pedro first appears in US birth records in 1927 — 98 years ago. The typical Pedro alive today was born around 1977, making them about 48 years old. About 400 people named Pedro are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Pedro most popular?
Pedro peaked in 1932, reaching #2831 nationally. See the whole 1932 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Kepha to Pedro
The story of Pedro
The name begins as a word rather than a name: Greek petros, "stone," used to render the Aramaic kepha in the Gospels, where the apostle Simon is renamed. Latin turned it into Petrus, and from Petrus the Romance languages each took their own road — Pierre in France, Pietro in Italy, Pere in Catalonia, and Pedro in both Spanish and Portuguese. Medieval Iberia used it heavily for royalty and clergy, which fixed it in the naming stock of Portugal, Castile and Aragon, and Portuguese and Spanish settlement carried it across the Atlantic. In the United States it has been on record since the earliest federal name counts, arriving with Mexican, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Brazilian and Portuguese families and never disappearing.
Meaning
Rock, stone
Greek Petros translates the Aramaic word for rock, kepha — the name given to the apostle Simon in the New Testament, where it appears in Greek as both Petros and Kephas.
How the name formed
- Kepha
- Petros
- Petrus
- Pedro
Related forms: Peter · Pierre · Pietro · Pere · Pyotr · Kepa
Pronouncing Pedro
PEH-droh
Two syllables, stress on the first. In Spanish and Portuguese the r is a light tap; English speakers usually say PED-roh or PAY-droh, and both are widely accepted.
Nicknames for Pedro
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What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1927
- Most girls named
- 198618 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2831reached in 1932
- Change vs 2000
- −28.6%5 in 2004, from 7
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Pedro in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Peter in English — same name
- Pierre in French — same name
- Pietro in Italian — same name
- Pere in Catalan — same name
- Pyotr in Russian — transliteration
- Kepa in Basque — related form
Pedros among us
people named Pedro are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
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Fashion outlook
Pedro sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
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Frequently asked
- How many Pedros are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Pedro are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Pedro in 2025?
- Pedro is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Pedro with classmates?
- Pedro will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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