Pedro

Meaning: Stone, rock
Origin: Spanish/Portuguese (from Latin and Greek)

Boy's name · #455 in the US (2025) · 90s wave

Popularity over time

Pedro reached #188 in 1992 and has eased to #455 since. About 94,000 boys have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 36 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#18 in Portugal (2023) · #61 in Spain (2024) · #67 in Mexico (2024) · #146 in Ecuador (2025) · #236 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #341 in Ireland (2025) · #707 in Switzerland (2025) · #794 in England & Wales (2025) · #977 in Sweden (2025) · #1,169 in Belgium (2025) · #1,215 in France (2025) · #1,375 in Canada (2024).

Famous Pedros

Pedro Calderón de la Barca — Spanish dramatist (1600–1681)
Pedro Sánchez — Spanish politician (born 1972)
Pedro Almodóvar — Spanish filmmaker (born 1949)
Pedro I of Brazil — Monarch (1798–1834)
Pedro Álvares Cabral — Portuguese explorer (1467–1520)

In stories & tradition

Pedro (Bumblebee Man) — The Simpsons (TV series)
Pedro Urdemales — Character from Spanish and Latin American (especially Chilean, Mexican, and Guatemalan) folklore that typifies the rogue, rascal or trickster
Pedro Chosco^pt — Galician mythology

What Pedros become

Among 6,719 notable people named Pedro:

Military figures appear 2.45× more often than among typical names — e.g. Pedro Nel Ospina Vázquez, Colombian general and political figure (1858–1927).

Similar names: Julio · Peter · Arturo · Francisco · Armando · Ricardo

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