Pedro

What Pedro means

Means “stone, rock”

Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Pedro, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Pedro” (revision 93673060), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Pedro?

US: Falling: down from #368 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #996 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1999, when 1,690 boys got the name (#202 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 2,497 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 6,475 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MA (1.04 per 1,000 boys), NE (1.02 per 1,000 boys), TX (0.87 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Pedro is #455 in the US and #782 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Pedro were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Petru0 US · 11 E&W
• Pedri6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Pedro

Boys

• Jose#95Same root as Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”^*
• Raul#634Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2000, with 1,519 babies; 440 in 2025
• Jaime#657Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1980, with 1,462 babies; 420 in 2025
• Francisco#322Same root as Francis, meaning “Frankish (man); a Frank”^*
• Jorge#322Same root as George, meaning “farmer, earth worker”^*
• Salvador#754“savior”^*

For a sister

• Alejandra#604Same root as Alexandra, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Angelica#707Italian, meaning “angelic”^*
• Andrea#235Feminine form of Andreas, meaning “manly”^*
• Ana#245Editor’s note Down from #211 in 2015 to #245 in 2025 in the US
• Bianca#500Form of Blanche, meaning “white”^*
• Angel#546Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2002, with 3,100 babies; 551 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Spanish & Italian, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Pedro’s. Rank is US 2025.