# Pieter (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/pieter/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,011 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,011 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 73, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 17 | 4,978 |
| 2006 | 14 | 6,017 |
| 2007 | 10 | 8,020 |
| 2009 | 6 | 12,101 |
| 2010 | 8 | 9,455 |
| 2011 | 10 | 7,928 |
| 2012 | 11 | 7,417 |
| 2013 | 8 | 9,443 |
| 2014 | 5 | 13,537 |
| 2015 | 8 | 9,355 |
| 2019 | 6 | 11,783 |
| 2020 | 8 | 9,339 |
| 2021 | 5 | 13,589 |
| 2024 | 8 | 9,654 |
| 2025 | 5 | 13,408 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 4 | 2,419 |
| 1999 | 5 | 2,097 |
| 2000 | 5 | 2,142 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2,220 |
| 2002 | 3 | 3,225 |
| 2004 | 7 | 2,070 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2006 | 7 | 2,282 |
| 2008 | 6 | 2,775 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2010 | 5 | 3,332 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |

## People named Pieter

- Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist (1865–1943)
- Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Flemish painter (1526–1569)
- Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Flemish painter (1564–1638)
- Pieter Huistra, Dutch association football player and manager
- Pieter de Hooch, Dutch Golden Age painter (1629–1684)
- Pieter Claesz, Flemish-Dutch painter (c.1596–1660)
- Pieter Boddaert, Dutch physician and naturalist (1730-1795)
- Pieter van den Hoogenband, Dutch swimmer
- Pieter Bleeker, Dutch medical doctor, ichthyologist and herpetologist (1819–1878)
- Pieter Lastman, Dutch painter (1583–1633)
- Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, Dutch politician (1885-1961)
- Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (1581–1647)

## 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.