Pedro

Meaning: Rock, stone
Origin: Greek — Spanish/Portuguese form of Peter

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) · #22 in Brazil (2025, through 23 Dec 2025, girls and boys combined) · #60 in Spain (2024) · #66 in Mexico (2024) · #146 in Ecuador (2025) · #236 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #329 in Ireland (2025) · #707 in Switzerland (2025) · #782 in England & Wales (2025) · #977 in Sweden (2025) · #1,072 in Belgium (2025) · #1,148 in Italy (2024) and 7 more.

Famous Pedros

Pedro Calderón de la Barca — Spanish playwright and poet (1600–1681)
Pedro Sánchez — Prime Minister of Spain since 2018 (born 1972)
Pedro Almodóvar — Spanish filmmaker (born 1949)
Pedro I of Brazil — Emperor of Brazil (1822–31) and King of Portugal (1826) (1798–1834)
Pedro Álvares Cabral — Portuguese explorer (c. 1467 or 1468–c. 1520)
Pedro Pascal — Chilean and American actor (born 1975)
Pedro II of Brazil — Emperor of Brazil from 1831 to 1889 (1825–1891)
Pedro — Spanish footballer (born 1987)
Pedro Porro — Spanish footballer (born 1999)
Pedro Neto — Portuguese footballer (born 2000)

In stories & tradition

Pedro (Bumblebee Man) — The Simpsons character
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: Peter · Julio · Percy · Arturo · Francisco · Ricardo

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