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How popular is the name Pieter?
Births per year, rank history and how many Pieters are alive today.
Pieter (male), a spelling of Peter, last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2017 (ranked 3996th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 2004, when 7 babies were given the name, the 2070th most popular that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Peter you are most likely to meet is around 79 years old. Half of all Peters born in England and Wales are between 57 and 80, and there are at least 460,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 78% chance that at least one of them will be called Peter.
How many babies are named Pieter each year?
Includes all spellings: Pieter, Peter. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Pieter spelling rank?
Where does the Peter spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Pieter most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Peter, peaked in 1934, when around 18,500 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Pieter spelling itself peaked in 2004, with 7 babies.
How many people are called Pieter?
At least 460,000 people named Pieter in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Pieter?
Most living Pieters are between 57 and 80; the most common age is about 79.
Is Pieter becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.