boy's name
Pedro
PEH-droh
- Origin Spanish
- Gender Boy
- Syllables 2
- Letters 5
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 101,432
the United States
#456
2025 births
Pedro means stone, and the name records a nickname Jesus gave — Simon was renamed Cephas in Aramaic, which Greek translated as Petros, so the pun on rock survives through three languages. It peaked in 2000, and holds 100,847 lifetime births.
- Pedro is a name of Spanish origin.
- Peaked in 2000, when 1,711 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 4,847 babies in the United States is given this name.
- 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.
Pedro over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1880s | 237 |
| 1890s | 284 |
| 1900s | 487 |
| 1910s | 1,650 |
| 1920s | 3,925 |
| 1930s | 3,533 |
| 1940s | 4,088 |
| 1950s | 5,811 |
| 1960s | 7,113 |
| 1970s | 9,587 |
| 1980s | 12,295 |
| 1990s | 16,237 |
| 2000s | 15,633 |
| 2010s | 9,241 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 4,461 |
What Pedro means
Pedro means stone, or rock. The Greek petros is the ordinary word, and it translates an Aramaic nickname rather than being an inherited name in its own right.
Where Pedro comes from
Pedro is the Spanish and Portuguese Peter, from the Greek Petros, a stone. It is not an ancient name but a translated nickname: the Gospels have Jesus rename Simon as Cephas, the Aramaic for a rock, and Greek renders that as Petros to preserve the pun in you are Peter and on this rock I will build my church. Latin took Petrus, and every Pedro, Pierre, Pietro, Piotr and Peter descends from one wordplay.
Pedro in use
Pedro peaked in the United States in 2000, when 1,711 babies were registered, and is falling in our data. It now ranks 345th in Ireland on 12 births, 456th in the United States on 684, 795th in England and Wales on 42 and 1242nd in France on 30, across 101,432 lifetime births in five of the seven markets we track. Ireland ranking it highest is unexpected for an Iberian name.
How popular is Pedro?
In 2025, Pedro was given to 684 babies in the United States, ranking #456 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Pedro is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
How Pedro is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Pédro | Pédro is a rare spelling of Pedro, written with an acute accent and recorded about 60 times, mostly in France. | 60 |
Names that peaked alongside Pedro
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Pedro also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Pedro over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Pedro in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
- Armenian
- Petros
- Basque
- Kepa
- Bulgarian
- Petar
- Czech
- Petr
- French
- Pierre
- German
- Peter
- Greek
- Petros
- Icelandic
- Per
- Latin
- Petrus
- Lombard
- Peder
- Macedonian
- Petar
- Polish
- Piotr
- Romanian
- Petru
- Slovak
- Peter
- Ukrainian
- Petro
- Other forms
- Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
- Peer
Sibling names for Pedro
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Pedro — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Pedro
What does the name Pedro mean?
Stone — the Greek petros.
Was Peter a real name before?
No. It is a translated nickname — Jesus renames Simon as Cephas, the Aramaic for a rock.
What is the pun?
You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church — the name and the word are the same in Greek.
How popular is Pedro?
456th in the United States and 345th in Ireland.
Is Pedro a girl's or a boy's name?
Pedro is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.
How many syllables are in Pedro?
Pedro has 2 syllables.
Is Pedro a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Pedro currently ranks #345 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.