# Peder (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/peder/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Danish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 799 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 799 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 5 | 9,134 |
| 1991 | 19 | 3,296 |
| 1992 | 7 | 7,198 |
| 1993 | 11 | 5,268 |
| 1994 | 12 | 5,036 |
| 1995 | 9 | 6,275 |
| 1996 | 6 | 8,725 |
| 1997 | 9 | 6,484 |
| 1998 | 7 | 8,222 |
| 1999 | 5 | 11,161 |
| 2000 | 7 | 8,886 |
| 2002 | 5 | 12,003 |
| 2005 | 5 | 12,850 |
| 2013 | 6 | 11,794 |
| 2017 | 5 | 13,747 |

## People named Peder

- Peder Severin Krøyer, Danish painter (1851-1909)
- Peder Kolstad, 19th Prime Minister of Norway (1878–1932)
- Peder Mørk Mønsted, Danish painter (1859-1941)
- Bent Peder Rasch, Danish canoe racer (1934–1988)
- Peder Pedersen, Danish cyclist (1945-2015)
- Peder Marcussen, Danish gymnast
- Peder Horrebow, Danish mathematician and astronomer (1679-1764)
- Peder Lykkeberg, Danish swimmer (1878–1944)
- Peder Als, Danish artist (1725-1776)
- Peder Møller, Danish gymnast (1891–1984)
- Peder Griffenfeld, Danish politician (1635–1699)
- Peder Winstrup, Bishop of Lund (1605-1679)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.