Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Pedro

Gender

Male

Origin

Spanish
A rock. Form of Peter.
Portuguese

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Exotic

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Pedro

Pronunciation

p(e)-dro, ped-ro

Famous People

Spanish conqueror Pedro de Alvarado, Pitcher Pedro Martinez

Celebrity Babies

Son of Frances McDormand and Joel Coen

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2000 (rank #209, 1,701 births); most recent 2025 (rank #455, 684 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1986 (rank #4346, 18 births); most recent 2004 (rank #16080, 5 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025684–
2024799–
2023755–
2022775–
2021722–
2020723–
2019783–
2018805–
2017811–
2016878–

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #784, 42 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
202542
202419
202325
202235
202126
202027
201929
201826
201725
201638

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1974 (rank #204, 204 births); most recent 2023 (rank #1108, 32 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
202332
202225
202139
202042
201939
201851
201737
201653
201551
201456

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #319, 12 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
202512
20246
20235
20225
20219
20203
20198
20184
20175
20165

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2016 (rank #707, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
20163

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence