Pieter
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- PEE-ter
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Pieter is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “rock, stone”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Pieter mean?
Greek: Dutch form of Peter, from Greek petros
“rock, stone”
Pieter Bruegel the Elder was a sixteenth-century Flemish painter of peasant scenes and landscapes.
Is Pieter a girl's or a boy's name?
Pieter is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Pieter in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Pieter in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Pieter in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Pieter in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Pieter, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1967, with 24 boys. It first appears in the records in 1935.
Half of all the boys named Pieter in the US since 1880 were born between 1964 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
Pieter in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,845 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,450 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 19 | #3,331 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 23 | #2,774 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1987 | 19 | #2,721 |
| 1986 | 18 | #2,776 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 17 | #2,705 |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,911 |
| 1982 | 17 | #2,708 |
| 1981 | 16 | #2,777 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,167 |
| 1978 | 17 | #2,567 |
| 1977 | 18 | #2,458 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
| 1975 | 14 | #2,749 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,118 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,714 |
| 1972 | 19 | #2,080 |
| 1971 | 13 | #2,685 |
| 1970 | 17 | #2,212 |
| 1969 | 17 | #2,045 |
| 1968 | 20 | #1,787 |
| 1967 | 24 | #1,572 |
| 1966 | 18 | #1,813 |
| 1965 | 16 | #1,986 |
| 1964 | 15 | #2,113 |
| 1963 | 17 | #1,956 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,671 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1958 | 20 | #1,765 |
| 1957 | 14 | #2,189 |
| 1956 | 12 | #2,359 |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 10 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 8 | #2,842 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,689 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,742 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,308 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,073 |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 8 | #2,646 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
Nicknames for Pieter
- Piet
Names like Pieter
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Peter Christopher Alexander Patrick Jason Tyler Adam Michael Matthew Daniel Alex Toby
Names related to Pieter
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Pieter: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/pieter, updated 20 October 2026.