Names / Boy names
Petros
Current rank
#8,746
holding steady
All-time peak
#2,534
in 1979
First recorded
1964
in U.S. data
Children named
715
since 1964
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #2,534 in 1979 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
(PEH-tros): “Rock.” Strong and simple. It first shows up in American naming data in 1964. These days it lands below the top 1,000, so it still feels distinctive. Only about 715 children have carried it, making it genuinely rare.