Pete
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
About Pete
Sixties-style short form that sounds cool again -- though the unscrupulous Pete on "Mad Men" is not a character to emulate.
Pete is also given to girls.
Pronounced PEET.
As of October 2026, Pete ranked #10946 in US births in 1978 SSA, peaked at #3395 in 1938.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | #2,038 | 70 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | #2,202 | 62 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | #2,581 | 49 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | #2,333 | 56 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | #2,277 | 60 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | #2,837 | 44 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | #2,536 | 51 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | #2,367 | 58 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | #2,508 | 55 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | #2,501 | 54 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | #3,076 | 40 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | #2,382 | 58 |
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Pete on lists
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- Pete BeckerBoy
character on FRIENDS
- Pete CampbellBoy
character in TV's "Mad Men"
- PeteBoy
main character in Disney's "Pete's Dragon"
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villainous character in Disney cartoons
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- Little PeteBoy
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character in "South Park"
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character in "South Park"
- Pete the CatBoy
book series and its main character
- Pete the PupBoy
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character in the movie Shaun of the Dead
- Old Puffer PeteBoy
character on animated TV series Chuggington
- Pete MalloyBoy
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- "Pete the TrampBoy
" comic strip by Clarence Russell and its main character
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character in Marvel Comics
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- "Power PeteBoy
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an Amazon Prime original crime/psychological/drama show
- "Cuban Pete"Boy
a song popularized by Desi Arnaz
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