The first name Pete

Pete last appeared in the official list in 2019, given to 3 boys. It peaked in 2007, with 5 births (#3,095).

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Pete with other names.

In 2025, 58 boys born in the United States were named Pete, the 2,382nd most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 1959, when 767 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• Pete Sampras
  American tennis player, born 1971
• Pete Buttigieg
  American politician (born 1982)
• Pete Conrad
  American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–1999)
• Pete Postlethwaite
  English character actor (1946–2011)
• Pete Docter
  American animator and film director, born 1968
• Pete Maravich
  American basketball player (born 1947)
• Pete Doherty
  English musician, actor and poet (born 1979)
• Pete Parkkonen
  Finnish singer (born 1990)
• Pete Rose
  American baseball player (1941–2024)
• Pete Parada
  American drummer, born 1974
• Pete Yorn
  American musician, born 1974
• Pete Souza
  American photographer (born 1954)

How popular is the name Pete?

In 2019, 3 boys born in England and Wales were named Pete, ranking 4,702nd. Its peak was 2007, with 5 births.

Is Pete a boy's or a girl's name?

Mostly a boy's name: 100% of the 43,700 US babies named Pete since 1880 were boys.

When was Pete most popular?

1959 in the United States, when 767 babies were named Pete, its highest rank at 285th.

How do you pronounce Pete?

Pete is /piːt/, one syllable.

Is Pete also a surname?

Yes. Pete is used as a surname as well as a first name; its surname page has the origin and how many people carry it.