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Pete

Boy's name · #2382 in the US (2025) · Vintage

Popularity over time

Pete is an heirloom: its strongest era came around 1908, when it ranked #173. It has thinned since but never left the records — about 44,000 boys since 1880, ranked #2382 today. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

See where Pete is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 2 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Pete ranks in other countries and regions.

#2,229 in Canada (2022) · #4,702 in England & Wales (2019) · #749 in Ireland (2018) · #1,641 in Austria (2017) · #8,326 in Ecuador (2017).

Famous Petes

• Pete Seeger — American musician and social activist (1919–2014)
• Pete Sampras — American tennis player (born 1971)
• Pete Buttigieg — American politician (born 1982)
• Pete Conrad — American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–1999)
• Pete Best — British musician, former member of the Beatles (born 1941)
• Pete Hegseth — American government official and television personality (born 1980)
• Pete Davidson — American comedian and actor (born 1993)
• Pete Townshend — British musician (born 1945)
• Pete Postlethwaite — English character actor (1946–2011)
• Pete Maravich — American basketball player (1947–1988)

In stories & tradition

• Pete — Disney cartoon character, antagonist of Mickey Mouse
• Pete Ross — Fictional character in the DC universe
• Pete "Maverick" Mitchell — Top Gun (film)

What Petes become

Among 1,373 notable people named Pete:

Sports figures appear 2.46× more often than among typical names — e.g. Pete Sampras, American tennis player (born 1971).

Similar names: Morris · Perry · Nate · Domenic · Gene · Johnnie

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