Pete

Boy name

Pete has been given to 43,700 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1959.

Meaning & origin /piːt/

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025

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Total babies

43,700

Peak year

1959 (767 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▼ -6%

Gender split

0% girls / 100% boys

Famous people named Pete

Pete Sampras

American tennis player (born 1971)

Pete Buttigieg

American politician (born 1982)

Pete Conrad

American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–1999)

Pete Hegseth

United States Secretary of Defense

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

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