Pedro

A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning stone or rock; Spanish form of Peter.

Babies a year
809
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#455
down from #401
UK popularity
#782
42 babies

How Pedro has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#329#411#493201520202025#455

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#367
2016#375
2017#395
2018#393
2019#398
2020#411
2021#429
2022#415
2023#419
2024#401
2025#455

Pedro by the numbers

In 2025, 42 babies in England and Wales were named Pedro. In the US, 809 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 1,703 babies in 2000, making it a 2000s name.

At its height, in 2000, about 1 in 1,200 American boys born that year was called Pedro.

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Pedro as a share of American boys born, 1880 to 2008, at five year intervals. Source: US Social Security Administration.

Other names that come from Peter

Like Pedro, each of these traces back to Peter: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Pierrestone or rock; French form of Peter155 in the US (2017)
  • Piersonson of Peter; son of the rock129 in the US (2017)
  • Pearsonson of Peter; patronymic surname61 in the US (2017)
  • Petestone, rock; a form of Peter56 in the US (2017)
  • Petarstone; rock; slavic form of Peter5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Petersonson of Peter; patronymic surname14 in the US (2017)
  • Petrvariant of Peter; rock or stone5 in the US (2017)
  • Pyotrstone or rock; Russian form of Peter3 in England and Wales (2025)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Pedro. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Perrydweller by the pear tree or ferry239 in the US (2017)
  • Pietrostone or rock; a form of Peter16 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Pierostone; rock; a form of peter18 in the US (2017)
  • Petrosstone or rock9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Petrustone, rock; a form of Peter11 in England and Wales (2025)

Other names that mean a stone or rock

Like Pedro, each of these has a stone or rock in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Masonstone worker13,560 in the US (2017)
  • Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
  • Harleyhare meadow or rocky meadow366 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Peterrock, stone1,777 in the US (2017)
  • Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
  • Winstonwine town; joy stone; place name785 in the US (2017)

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