Peter Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Peter: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 589,588 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

589,588

Peak year

1957 #37

Years on the list

146

10-year trend

+0.4%

In the 1950s · Most used in NY in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	1,838	#197
2012	1,869	#204
2013	1,854	#206
2014	1,923	#204
2015	1,939	#205
2016	1,927	#207
2017	1,793	#214
2018	1,826	#211
2019	1,821	#212
2020	1,762	#215
2021	1,785	#215
2022	1,773	#213
2023	1,750	#210
2024	1,899	#192
2025	1,954	#187

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1957

2,618

1,102

936

773

647

644

Names from the same era

Michael · 1957 Paul · 1957 Kenneth · 1957 Douglas · 1957 Keith · 1957 Terry · 1957 Ray · 1957 Micheal · 1957 Glen · 1957 Guy · 1957

Names similar to Peter

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