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Pedro

PEH-droh /ˈpeðəo/ Spanish

At a glance

In short
Pedro is the Spanish and Portuguese form of Peter, meaning stone or rock.
U.S. rank 2025
#455 of boy names
Babies in 2025
684 (0.037% of boys)
Trend
Slipping #410 in 2020 #455 in 2025
Peak
#188 in 1992
First recorded
1880

Meaning of Pedro

Pedro is the Spanish and Portuguese form of Peter, from the Greek Petros, meaning stone or rock. It honors Saint Peter, the apostle Jesus called the rock on which he would build his church, and it has long been a classic across Spain, Portugal and Latin America. In Spanish it is pronounced PEH-droh.

Pedro I and Pedro II were the two emperors of Brazil. Today the best-known bearers include Chilean American actor Pedro Pascal and Hall of Fame pitcher Pedro Martínez, a Boston Red Sox star.

In the United States, Pedro has been given every year since 1880. It reached its highest rank, 188th, in 1992, and its largest number of babies, 1,704, in 2000. It has slipped since then, ranking 455th with 684 babies in 2025.

How to pronounce Pedro

Spanish

Popularity of Pedro in the U.S.

Pedro was the #455 boy name in the U.S. in 2025, with 684 babies. It peaked at #188 in 1992 and has been in the top 1,000 since 1880.

Bar and line chart: Pedro in the U.S., 1880–2025. Bars: boys given the name each year, most 1,704 in 2000 and 684 in 2025. Line: rank among boy names, peak #188 in 1992, #455 in 2025.
  • Boys named Pedro (left scale)
  • Rank among U.S. boy names (right scale, #1 at the top)
By year, 1880–2025. Source: SSA. Download: PNG · SVG
Year-by-year table, 1880⁠–⁠2025 146 rows
YearBabiesRankvs previous year
2025684455▼ 52
2024801403▲ 17
2023756420▼ 3
2022775417▲ 13
2021722430▼ 20
2020723410▼ 12
2019784398▼ 4
2018805394▲ 1
2017811395▼ 20
2016878375▼ 7
2015875368▼ 13
2014904355▼ 9
2013925346▼ 29
20121,017317▼ 10
20111,049307▼ 25
20101,193282▼ 13
20091,276269▼ 21
20081,409248▼ 18
20071,609230▼ 11
20061,651219▼ 1
20051,645218▲ 8
20041,517226▼ 2
20031,559224▲ 1
20021,555225▼ 15
20011,696210–
20001,704210▼ 8
19991,690202▼ 2
19981,672200▲ 7
19971,498207▼ 9
19961,566198▼ 5
19951,587193▼ 4
19941,628189–
19931,666189▼ 1
19921,670188▲ 6
19911,614194▲ 2
19901,543196▲ 3
19891,470199▲ 5
19881,307204–
19871,257204▲ 2
19861,167206▼ 10
19851,245196▲ 10
19841,120206▲ 7
19831,089213▼ 10
19821,205203▼ 2
19811,228201▲ 21
19801,090222▼ 8
19791,097214▼ 1
19781,017213▲ 13
1977958226▼ 8
1976956218▼ 2
1975983216–
1974980216▲ 27
1973865243▲ 5
1972842248–
1971912248▲ 9
1970888257▼ 9
1969843248▲ 6
1968786254▲ 15
1967731269▲ 17
1966677286▼ 3
1965701283▲ 14
1964707297▲ 16
1963642313▼ 27
1962708286▲ 30
1961615316▼ 13
1960657303–
1959655303▲ 3
1958614306–
1957615306▲ 2
1956585308–
1955557308▼ 18
1954603290▲ 14
1953545304▲ 2
1952540306▼ 3
1951525303▼ 10
1950533293▲ 5
1949512298▲ 3
1948529301▲ 19
1947456320▼ 11
1946444309▲ 1
1945367310▼ 10
1944397300▲ 23
1943357323▲ 13
1942326336▼ 20
1941339316▼ 2
1940317314▼ 5
1939324309▲ 7
1938300316▼ 16
1937325300–
1936315300▼ 13
1935357287▼ 3
1934362284▲ 20
1933310304▼ 9
1932347295▼ 8
1931367287▼ 37
1930501250▲ 6
1929473256▲ 1
1928481257▲ 21
1927411278▲ 6
1926404284▼ 4
1925423280▼ 6
1924433274▲ 34
1923341308▲ 7
1922329315▲ 9
1921327324▲ 28
1920279352▲ 29
1919232381▲ 14
1918226395▼ 28
1917231367▲ 25
1916200392▼ 5
1915193387▼ 16
1914162371▲ 1
1913127372▼ 27
1912120345▼ 37
191176308▼ 41
191083267▲ 40
190956307▼ 6
190853301▼ 45
190766256▲ 25
190650281▼ 4
190551277▲ 17
190443294▼ 12
190344282▲ 3
190244285▲ 6
190136291▲ 28
190044319▲ 43
189925362▲ 15
189827377▲ 34
189721411▼ 121
189640290▲ 109
189523399▼ 91
189432308▲ 4
189331312▲ 45
189228357▼ 17
189125340▼ 38
189032302▲ 46
188926348▲ 21
188825369▲ 8
188719377▼ 29
188624348▲ 16
188523364▼ 46
188430318▲ 94
188318412▼ 80
188227332▲ 128
188114460▼ 161
188031299–

Pedro by state

Pedro ranks #215 in Massachusetts (2025).

Map: Pedro's 2025 rank among boy names in each U.S. state
Rank among boy names by state, 2025. Source: SSA. Download: PNG · SVG
Rank by state 31 states
StateRankBabies
Massachusetts21528
Texas257153
Nebraska2669
Arizona28827
California334108
Florida33857
Illinois34531
Nevada3897
Iowa3998
Tennessee45217
Alabama48410
Kentucky4859
New Jersey48815
Connecticut4985
Georgia49921
Colorado50111
South Carolina5019
Oklahoma5527
Pennsylvania57716
Virginia58712
Kansas5905
Michigan60113
Oregon6045
Utah6216
Indiana6689
North Carolina67813
Maryland7026
Minnesota7186
Ohio75011
Washington8017
New York88515
U.S. territories
Puerto Rico2087

Notable people named Pedro

  • Jose Pedro Castillo Terrones is a Peruvian politician and former teacher, businessman, and union leader who served as President of Peru from July 2021 until his removal in December 2022.
  • Pedro Almodóvar is a celebrated Spanish filmmaker known for vibrant, irreverent melodramas about desire, identity, family, and LGBTQ lives, earning global acclaim and a cult following.
  • Pedro Jaime Martínez is a Dominican-American former Major League Baseball starting pitcher, best known for his years with the Boston Red Sox, whose elite winning percentage, ERA and strikeout numbers rank among the best in baseball history.
  • Jose Pedro Balmaceda Pascal is a Chilean American actor who broke out as Oberyn Martell in Game of Thrones and as Javier Pena in Narcos and later appeared in The Great Wall and Kingsman The Golden Circle.
  • Pere Casaldàliga i Pla, known in Portuguese as Pedro Casaldáliga, was a Spanish-born Brazilian Catholic bishop, liberation theology advocate, and champion of indigenous peoples who led the Territorial Prelature of São Félix, Brazil, from 1970 to 2005.
More people named Pedro 4 more
  • Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa was a Spanish adventurer, author, historian, mathematician, and astronomer who in 1580 was appointed by King Philip II as governor of the Strait of Magellan.
  • Pedro Poveda Castroverde — Pedro Poveda, a Spanish Catholic priest and educator who founded the Teresian Association, served over 30 years before his 1936 execution, was beatified in 1993, canonized in 2003, and is honored on 28 July.
  • Pedro Duque is a Spanish astronaut and aeronautical engineer who served as Minister of Science from 2018 to 2021 and as a member of the Congress of Deputies for Alicante from 2019 to 2020.
  • Pedro Rafael Marin is an American Democratic politician serving in the Georgia House of Representatives since 2003.