Pepe
About Pepe
Le Pew. We don't think so, although it's a megacommon nickname name in Latino countries.
Pronounced PAY-pay.
As of October 2026, Pepe ranked #12005 in US births in 2002 SSA, peaked at #2634 in 1962.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Pepe on lists
Famous Pepes
- José Manuel "Pepe" Reina (Páez)
Spanish footballer
- Képler Laveran "Pepe" Lima Ferreira
Portuguese footballer
- Marcos Paulo "Pepe" Aguiar de Jesus
Brazilian footballer
- José Manuel "Pepe" Soares
Portuguese footballer
- José Alberto "Pepe" Mujica Cordano
40th President of Uruguay
- Juan Ignacio "Pepe" Sánchez (Brown)
Argentine basketball player
Pepe in pop culture
- Pepe Rey
main character in "Doña Perfecta" (1876) by Benito Pérez Galdós
- Pepe the King Prawn
Muppets character
- Pepe el Toro
main character in the Nosotros los Pobres film series
- Pepé Le Pew
Looney Tunes skunk character
- Pepe
character in the manga "Shugo Chara!"
- Pepe
character in "Unseen Academicals" by Terry Pratchett
- Pepe the Frog
aka "One Sick Meme"
- Pepe
twin of Lupe in Pam Munoz Ryan's "Esperanza Rising"