Peter is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #352 for boy births in the United States, given to 1,954 babies. Peter first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1957 (11,628 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,954 | #352 |
| 2024 | 1,899 | #362 |
| 2023 | 1,750 | #394 |
| 2022 | 1,779 | #387 |
| 2021 | 1,785 | #388 |
| 2020 | 1,762 | #385 |
| 2019 | 1,821 | #379 |
| 2018 | 1,826 | #377 |
| 2017 | 1,793 | #392 |
| 2016 | 1,927 | #386 |
| 2015 | 1,939 | #383 |
| 2014 | 1,923 | #387 |
| 2013 | 1,854 | #386 |
| 2012 | 1,869 | #376 |
| 2011 | 1,838 | #377 |
| 2010 | 1,935 | #359 |
| 2009 | 2,009 | #351 |
| 2008 | 2,186 | #337 |
| 2007 | 2,340 | #331 |
| 2006 | 2,486 | #309 |
| 2005 | 2,561 | #289 |
| 2004 | 2,797 | #265 |
| 2003 | 2,804 | #270 |
| 2002 | 2,873 | #255 |
| 2001 | 2,950 | #249 |
| 2000 | 3,154 | #243 |
| 1999 | 3,439 | #203 |
| 1998 | 3,388 | #213 |
| 1997 | 3,839 | #192 |
| 1996 | 4,089 | #183 |
| 1995 | 4,127 | #178 |
| 1994 | 4,241 | #170 |
| 1993 | 4,547 | #160 |
| 1992 | 4,616 | #159 |
| 1991 | 4,970 | #148 |
| 1990 | 5,245 | #142 |
| 1989 | 5,432 | #132 |
| 1988 | 5,454 | #130 |
| 1987 | 5,586 | #119 |
| 1986 | 5,841 | #113 |
| 1985 | 5,701 | #117 |
| 1984 | 5,676 | #115 |
| 1983 | 5,519 | #112 |
| 1982 | 5,818 | #109 |
| 1981 | 6,030 | #100 |
| 1980 | 6,014 | #101 |
| 1979 | 6,117 | #94 |
| 1978 | 5,908 | #97 |
| 1977 | 5,854 | #103 |
| 1976 | 5,479 | #105 |
| 1975 | 5,720 | #101 |
| 1974 | 5,971 | #99 |
| 1973 | 5,939 | #99 |
| 1972 | 6,501 | #89 |
| 1971 | 7,064 | #91 |
| 1970 | 8,096 | #85 |
| 1969 | 7,868 | #90 |
| 1968 | 8,152 | #84 |
| 1967 | 8,335 | #82 |
| 1966 | 8,617 | #86 |
| 1965 | 9,415 | #87 |
| 1964 | 9,927 | #81 |
| 1963 | 9,637 | #84 |
| 1962 | 9,601 | #90 |
| 1961 | 10,388 | #86 |
| 1960 | 10,746 | #78 |
| 1959 | 11,316 | #76 |
| 1958 | 10,777 | #81 |
| 1957 | 11,628 | #70 |
| 1956 | 11,353 | #67 |
| 1955 | 11,022 | #67 |
| 1954 | 10,103 | #74 |
| 1953 | 9,752 | #75 |
| 1952 | 9,599 | #76 |
| 1951 | 9,013 | #80 |
| 1950 | 8,368 | #80 |
| 1949 | 8,282 | #82 |
| 1948 | 8,069 | #81 |
| 1947 | 8,609 | #80 |
| 1946 | 7,498 | #81 |
| 1945 | 6,505 | #78 |
| 1944 | 6,362 | #83 |
| 1943 | 6,894 | #79 |
| 1942 | 6,605 | #80 |
| 1941 | 5,620 | #87 |
| 1940 | 5,069 | #90 |
| 1939 | 4,650 | #94 |
| 1938 | 4,309 | #102 |
| 1937 | 3,823 | #113 |
| 1936 | 3,727 | #114 |
| 1935 | 3,433 | #127 |
| 1934 | 3,313 | #138 |
| 1933 | 3,153 | #137 |
| 1932 | 3,152 | #142 |
| 1931 | 3,138 | #140 |
| 1930 | 3,282 | #137 |
| 1929 | 3,241 | #136 |
| 1928 | 3,328 | #136 |
| 1927 | 3,327 | #143 |
| 1926 | 3,377 | #139 |
| 1925 | 3,386 | #144 |
| 1924 | 3,537 | #143 |
| 1923 | 3,427 | #137 |
| 1922 | 3,569 | #133 |
| 1921 | 3,564 | #136 |
| 1920 | 3,514 | #138 |
| 1919 | 3,391 | #134 |
| 1918 | 3,722 | #124 |
| 1917 | 3,477 | #120 |
| 1916 | 3,383 | #120 |
| 1915 | 3,322 | #114 |
| 1914 | 2,636 | #116 |
| 1913 | 1,943 | #123 |
| 1912 | 1,684 | #122 |
| 1911 | 850 | #158 |
| 1910 | 631 | #188 |
| 1909 | 539 | #192 |
| 1908 | 541 | #183 |
| 1907 | 473 | #203 |
| 1906 | 433 | #203 |
| 1905 | 409 | #209 |
| 1904 | 395 | #205 |
| 1903 | 372 | #204 |
| 1902 | 433 | #184 |
| 1901 | 343 | #203 |
| 1900 | 443 | #198 |
| 1899 | 360 | #185 |
| 1898 | 409 | #184 |
| 1897 | 397 | #176 |
| 1896 | 402 | #172 |
| 1895 | 412 | #170 |
| 1894 | 391 | #175 |
| 1893 | 392 | #168 |
| 1892 | 465 | #148 |
| 1891 | 396 | #148 |
| 1890 | 410 | #145 |
| 1889 | 425 | #141 |
| 1888 | 498 | #123 |
| 1887 | 427 | #123 |
| 1886 | 437 | #121 |
| 1885 | 516 | #101 |
| 1884 | 524 | #99 |
| 1883 | 450 | #102 |
| 1882 | 461 | #100 |
| 1881 | 428 | #97 |
| 1880 | 496 | #85 |