The baby name Pete appears in baby name data for the United States from 1910 to 2024. It was most popular in 1959 with 961 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Pete has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1910 | 116 |
| 1911 | 105 |
| 1912 | 229 |
| 1913 | 310 |
| 1914 | 409 |
| 1915 | 559 |
| 1916 | 616 |
| 1917 | 715 |
| 1918 | 696 |
| 1919 | 704 |
| 1920 | 698 |
| 1921 | 738 |
| 1922 | 667 |
| 1923 | 676 |
| 1924 | 655 |
| 1925 | 685 |
| 1926 | 667 |
| 1927 | 622 |
| 1928 | 628 |
| 1929 | 642 |
| 1930 | 587 |
| 1931 | 689 |
| 1932 | 456 |
| 1933 | 421 |
| 1934 | 550 |
| 1935 | 509 |
| 1936 | 493 |
| 1937 | 406 |
| 1938 | 441 |
| 1939 | 463 |
| 1940 | 453 |
| 1941 | 522 |
| 1942 | 544 |
| 1943 | 643 |
| 1944 | 623 |
| 1945 | 536 |
| 1946 | 673 |
| 1947 | 705 |
| 1948 | 793 |
| 1949 | 546 |
| 1950 | 571 |
| 1951 | 385 |
| 1952 | 409 |
| 1953 | 384 |
| 1954 | 325 |
| 1955 | 795 |
| 1956 | 827 |
| 1957 | 774 |
| 1958 | 913 |
| 1959 | 961 |
| 1960 | 885 |
| 1961 | 640 |
| 1962 | 712 |
| 1963 | 706 |
| 1964 | 620 |
| 1965 | 449 |
| 1966 | 372 |
| 1967 | 363 |
| 1968 | 360 |
| 1969 | 322 |
| 1970 | 312 |
| 1971 | 235 |
| 1972 | 208 |
| 1973 | 207 |
| 1974 | 177 |
| 1975 | 175 |
| 1976 | 176 |
| 1977 | 192 |
| 1978 | 122 |
| 1979 | 236 |
| 1980 | 114 |
| 1981 | 113 |
| 1982 | 140 |
| 1983 | 118 |
| 1984 | 120 |
| 1985 | 113 |
| 1986 | 120 |
| 1987 | 89 |
| 1988 | 95 |
| 1989 | 95 |
| 1990 | 94 |
| 1991 | 108 |
| 1992 | 69 |
| 1993 | 52 |
| 1994 | 46 |
| 1995 | 36 |
| 1996 | 56 |
| 1997 | 53 |
| 1998 | 58 |
| 1999 | 52 |
| 2000 | 28 |
| 2001 | 32 |
| 2002 | 13 |
| 2003 | 9 |
| 2004 | 22 |
| 2005 | 26 |
| 2006 | 33 |
| 2007 | 32 |
| 2008 | 51 |
| 2009 | 15 |
| 2010 | 17 |
| 2011 | 38 |
| 2012 | 24 |
| 2013 | 32 |
| 2014 | 24 |
| 2015 | 22 |
| 2016 | 20 |
| 2017 | 33 |
| 2018 | 16 |
| 2020 | 8 |
| 2021 | 15 |
| 2022 | 9 |
| 2023 | 16 |
| 2024 | 8 |