Pete

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Pete: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

2registrars recorded it
13times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#720highest recorded position

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2019

How to read this chart

A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2357
1997	#2859
2003	#2857
2004	#3009
2006	#3385
2007	#3095
2009	#3227
2012	#4805
2014	#4632
2016	#4810
2019	#4702

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 11 of the 24 years from 1996 to 2019.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2019 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2357 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2010–2018
Highest recorded position: #720 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2010 (recorded 2010–2018).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2019
Most recently recorded at #4702 among boys in England and Wales, in 2019.
England and Wales · Boys

Pete appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 11 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 41 births with the name.

Pete across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Pete's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2357 (1996)	#2357 (1996)	#4702 (2019)	11 of 24	41 (1996–2019)	5 (2007)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#720 (2010)	#720 (2010)	#749 (2018)	2 of 9	6 (2010–2018)	3 (2010)

Pete by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Pete in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	22	5 of 10	4
2010s	12	4 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

See the names England and Wales has recorded the most births with →

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2019. Highest recorded position: #720 in Republic of Ireland in 2010.

Pete's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

Where Pete is officially recorded

2 official registrars have recorded Pete, between 1996 and 2019, in 13 of those 24 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Each mark is a year the registrar recorded the name; the diamond is that registrar's highest position. Gaps can mean a year was not published, not that the name went unused.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
England and Wales	1996–2019	11	#2357 in 1996
Republic of Ireland	2010–2018	2	#720 in 2010

Its high point came 14 years earlier in England and Wales (1996) than in Republic of Ireland (2010).

No registrar recorded it for 5 years after 1997; it appears again in 2003.

Names measured beside itNeighbours, comparisons, related names and shared trajectories

Pete was ranked #720 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2010. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

What is known about Pete

How to read this

How often it is registered: Official record; 2 official registrars, 1996–2019.
Meaning: Not established; Not researched yet.
Origin: Not established; Not researched yet.
Pronunciation: Not established; Not recorded yet.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2019. Highest recorded position: #720 in Republic of Ireland in 2010. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Pete

Pete at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Pete across 2 official records

Pete by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Popularity data

Where Pete is officially recorded

Names published alongside Pete

What is known about Pete

Pete at a glance

Pete across 2 official records

Pete by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Names published alongside Pete