Peter Variations & Nicknames
Honor Peter with a different spelling, a familiar short form, or a form used in another language. Each choice below identifies its connection to the name family and has its own U.S. popularity history.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
An English form or familiar short form of Peter. | 1,954#187 | Up 28 rank positions in five years | 1957 | ||
An international form or spelling of Peter. | 684#455 | Down 44 rank positions in five years | 2000 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Peter. | 58#2,382 | Up 153 rank positions in five years | 1959 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Peter. | 598#505 | Down 1 rank positions in five years | 2015 | ||
An international form or spelling of Peter. | 159#1,253 | Down 138 rank positions in five years | 1988 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the Peter family. | 161#1,372 | Down 94 rank positions in five years | 1927 | ||
An international form or spelling of Peter. | 40#3,073 | Up 633 rank positions in five years | 1974 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the Peter family. | —Unranked | — | 1971 | ||
An international form or spelling of Peter. | 5#13,404 | Down 4,070 rank positions in five years | 1967 | ||
An international form or spelling of Peter. | 26#4,110 | Up 1,789 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
An international form or spelling of Peter. | —Unranked | — | 1975 | ||
An international form or spelling of Peter. | —Unranked | — | 1993 | ||
An international form or spelling of Peter. | 9#8,742 | Down 1,815 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
An international form or spelling of Peter. | 14#6,350 | Down 1,536 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
An international form or spelling of Peter. | —Unranked | — | 1963 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Peter. | 5#13,403 | Down 3,084 rank positions in five years | 2013 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the Peter family. | —Unranked | — | 1915 | ||
An international form or spelling of Peter. | —Unranked | — | 2014 | ||
An international form or spelling of Peter. | —Unranked | — | 1918 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Peter. | —Unranked | — | 1967 | ||
An international form or spelling of Peter. | —Unranked | — | 1961 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the Peter family. | —Unranked | — | 1998 | ||
An international form or spelling of Peter. | —Unranked | — | 1970 | ||
An international form or spelling of Peter. | —Unranked | — | 2012 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.