# Pedro (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/pedro/  
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 | Spanish |
| Meaning | “stone”, “rock” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈpeɪdɹoʊ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 94,582 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 94,083 / 499 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 765, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Pedro, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”). Doublet of Peter, Piers, Pietro, and Boutros.

## What it means

Pedro is grouped under mountain.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 12 | 6,220 |
| 1988 | 11 | 6,987 |
| 1989 | 9 | 8,544 |
| 1990 | 8 | 9,903 |
| 1991 | 13 | 6,879 |
| 1992 | 17 | 5,654 |
| 1993 | 10 | 8,529 |
| 1994 | 13 | 6,974 |
| 1995 | 9 | 9,347 |
| 1996 | 10 | 8,661 |
| 1997 | 10 | 8,847 |
| 1998 | 6 | 13,685 |
| 1999 | 7 | 12,329 |
| 2000 | 7 | 12,805 |
| 2004 | 5 | 18,121 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,049 | 307 |
| 2012 | 1,017 | 317 |
| 2013 | 925 | 346 |
| 2014 | 904 | 355 |
| 2015 | 875 | 368 |
| 2016 | 878 | 375 |
| 2017 | 811 | 395 |
| 2018 | 805 | 394 |
| 2019 | 784 | 398 |
| 2020 | 723 | 411 |
| 2021 | 722 | 430 |
| 2022 | 775 | 418 |
| 2023 | 756 | 420 |
| 2024 | 801 | 403 |
| 2025 | 684 | 455 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 25 | 1,045 |
| 2012 | 25 | 1,086 |
| 2013 | 33 | 882 |
| 2014 | 38 | 805 |
| 2015 | 29 | 996 |
| 2016 | 38 | 833 |
| 2017 | 25 | 1,124 |
| 2018 | 26 | 1,061 |
| 2019 | 29 | 974 |
| 2020 | 27 | 1,019 |
| 2021 | 26 | 1,078 |
| 2022 | 35 | 878 |
| 2023 | 25 | 1,139 |
| 2024 | 19 | 1,402 |
| 2025 | 42 | 782 |

## People named Pedro

- Pedro I of Brazil, Emperor of Brazil from 1822 to 1831 and King of Portugal in 1826 (1798-1834)
- Pedro II of Brazil, 2nd and final Emperor of Brazil (r. 1831–89)
- Pedro Passos Coelho, former Prime Minister of Portugal
- Pedro Pires, Cape Verdean politician and former president of Cape Verde
- Pedro Geromel, Brazilian association football player
- Pedro Eugenio Aramburu, Dictator of Argentina
- Pedro Proença, former Portuguese football referee
- Pedro Américo, Brazilian painter (1843-1905)
- Pedro Pichardo, Cuban triple jumper
- Agustín Pedro Justo, former President of Argentina (1876-1943)
- Pedro Diniz, Brazilian racing driver (born 1970)
- Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Chilean politician and president (1879-1941)

## 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.