Piotr
A masculine given name of Greek origin meaning "rock, stone".
Name Census estimates that about 717 living Americans carry the first name Piotr. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Piotr today is around 28 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Piotr births was 1993 (37 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Piotr. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Piotr with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
717
~ 1 in 478,040 Americans
Peak year
1993
37 babies that year
Average age
28
years old
2021 SSA rank
#11,780
Tracked since 1973
Census
Piotr in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 5,199 people with the first name Piotr, which placed it at #3,805 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#3,805
National first-name rank
People counted
5.2K
5,199 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
1.7
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
99.2% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Piotr
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Piotr is White at 99.2%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (0.4%) and Black (0.1%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Piotr described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Piotr at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White99.2% · 5,156
- Hispanic or Latino0.4% · 23
- Black or African American0.1% · 7
- Two or more races0.1% · 7
- Asian and Pacific Islander0.1% · 4
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.0% · 2
Popularity
Piotr: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Piotr from the 1970s through to the 2020s, spanning 6 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1990s, with 278 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1990s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Piotr by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Piotr during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Piotrs live
The SSA's state-level files cover 3 states and territories. Illinois, New York, New Jersey recorded the most babies named Piotr, while New Jersey, New York, Illinois recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 137 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Piotr
Piotr is a masculine given name derived from the Greek name Petros, meaning "rock" or "stone". It has its origins in the New Testament of the Bible, where the apostle Simon was given the name Peter (Petros in Greek) by Jesus.
The name Piotr is a Slavic variation of the name Peter, specifically used in Polish, Belarusian, and Russian cultures. It is believed to have been introduced to the Slavic regions through the spread of Christianity in the Middle Ages.
One of the earliest recorded uses of the name Piotr can be found in the Primary Chronicle, an early East Slavic chronicle dating back to the late 11th and early 12th centuries. It mentions Piotr, the son of Vladimir the Great, the Grand Prince of Kyiv who oversaw the Christianization of the Kievan Rus'.
Throughout history, several notable figures have borne the name Piotr. One of the most famous is Piotr Velikiy, also known as Peter the Great (1672-1725), the renowned Tsar of Russia who led a cultural revolution and expanded the Russian Empire.
Another prominent bearer of the name was Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), the renowned Russian composer who wrote some of the most celebrated works in the classical music repertoire, such as Swan Lake and The Nutcracker.
In Poland, Piotr Skarga (1536-1612) was a prominent Jesuit priest, preacher, and polemicist, known for his influential sermons and religious writings during the Polish Renaissance.
The name Piotr has also been associated with several saints in the Christian tradition, including Saint Peter the Apostle, the first Pope and a central figure in the Catholic Church, and Saint Peter of Alexandria (c. 640-c. 311), an early Christian bishop and martyr.
Another notable bearer of the name was Piotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin (1842-1921), a Russian prince, revolutionary, and one of the most influential theorists of anarcho-communism.
People
Piotr + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Piotr as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with P
Other first names starting with P with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Piotr: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Piotr?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 717 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Piotr going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 478,040 US residents.
Is Piotr a common name?
We classify Piotr as "Very Rare". It ranks above 87.8% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 734 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Piotr most popular?
The single biggest year for Piotr was 1993, when 37 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Piotr is about 28 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Piotr in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 5,199 people with the name Piotr, or 1.72 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #3,805 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Piotr in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Piotr?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Piotr appears almost entirely male. Of the 5,202 people counted with this name, 99.9% were male and only a very small share were female. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Piotr?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Piotr is White at 99.2%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (0.4%) and Black (0.1%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Piotr most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Piotr in the 2020 Census, accounting for 99.2% (5,156 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Piotr in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Piotr a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Piotr in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Piotr still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Piotr in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Piotr can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people have Piotr as a first name?
HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site, answers that with the living-bearer count in one glance.