Peter
A boys’ name of Greek origin, meaning rock, stone.
How Peter has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #205 |
| 2016 | #207 |
| 2017 | #214 |
| 2018 | #211 |
| 2019 | #212 |
| 2020 | #215 |
| 2021 | #215 |
| 2022 | #214 |
| 2023 | #210 |
| 2024 | #192 |
| 2025 | #187 |
Peter by the numbers
In 2025, 158 babies in England and Wales were named Peter. In the US, 1,777 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 11,593 babies in 1957, so it is a 1950s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1955, about 1 in 190 American boys born that year was called Peter.
Names that come from Peter
Forms of Peter in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean 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)
- Pietrostone or rock; a form of Peter16 in England and Wales (2025)
- Petersonson of Peter; patronymic surname14 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 Peter. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Petestone, rock; a form of Peter56 in the US (2017)
- Petarstone; rock; slavic form of Peter5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Petrvariant of Peter; rock or stone5 in the US (2017)
- Portergatekeeper or carrier of goods845 in the US (2017)
- Petrustone, rock; a form of Peter11 in England and Wales (2025)
- Perezto break forth or burst; spanish form of peretz10 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean a stone or rock
Like Peter, 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)
- Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
- Pedrostone or rock; Spanish form of Peter809 in the US (2017)
- Winstonwine town; joy stone; place name785 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Peter
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