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Baby name
Peter
Boy
Origin of the name
Peter comes from the Greek petros, “stone.” In the Gospels, it is the name Jesus gave to the apostle Simon.
Classic name
589,588births since 1880
1950sgeneration
No. 37rank at its peak, in 1957
Where babies named Peter are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Peter is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Peter is most common in Connecticut (3.3 times), Rhode Island (3.1) and Massachusetts (3.1), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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