The name Pete is a diminutive form of Peter.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Pete has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Pete
Use of the Name Pete for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
41,190
14,110
2,820
126
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Pete has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Pete last appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1996, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Pete
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
235
50
1881
202
57
1882
211
60
1883
251
43
1884
175
81
1885
216
56
1886
231
54
1887
238
47
1888
184
82
1889
215
60
1890
214
60
1891
221
53
1892
203
74
1893
214
64
1894
206
68
1895
213
66
1896
227
63
1897
195
76
1898
242
53
1899
187
74
1900
185
116
1901
186
79
1902
207
75
1903
217
69
1904
221
71
1905
204
86
1906
220
80
1907
178
122
1908
173
131
1909
189
119
1910
181
156
1911
207
143
1912
211
263
1913
198
341
1914
194
432
1915
202
532
1916
196
581
1917
189
638
1918
202
640
1919
201
630
1920
205
638
1921
206
664
1922
203
642
1923
208
621
1924
214
631
1925
214
646
1926
215
641
1927
226
596
1928
214
618
1929
220
580
1930
221
582
1931
212
590
1932
226
530
1933
228
507
1934
205
601
1935
204
591
1936
211
558
1937
232
510
1938
234
512
1939
220
550
1940
239
509
1941
240
533
1942
240
559
1943
227
637
1944
213
648
1945
232
579
1946
229
681
1947
238
734
1948
252
651
1949
285
574
1950
283
558
1951
298
534
1952
316
505
1953
313
526
1954
326
499
1955
311
545
1956
309
577
1957
294
650
1958
279
753
1959
285
769
1960
287
754
1961
292
698
1962
311
632
1963
321
605
1964
334
547
1965
362
449
1966
387
388
1967
387
380
1968
407
358
1969
426
342
1970
423
372
1971
427
358
1972
450
313
1973
471
278
1974
489
267
1975
498
257
1976
496
259
1977
504
262
1978
582
209
1979
513
268
1980
580
218
1981
553
235
1982
596
208
1983
597
204
1984
612
193
1985
648
182
1986
654
186
1987
696
172
1988
700
178
1989
738
180
1990
782
169
1991
800
166
1992
952
127
1993
882
146
1994
968
130
1995
1996
994
126
Totals:
41,190
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Pete as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Pete appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 116 times during the last 125 years.