Pietro is a distinctive choice, ranked #1613 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Pietro in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#1613
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About the Name Pietro
Pietro has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 136 places in five years. It was most popular in 2016 at #1123 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Pietro is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Pietro in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Pietro
Pietro Boselli — Pietro Boselli is an Italian model, engineer, and former mathematics postgraduate teacher at University College London.
Pietro Vierchowod — Pietro Vierchowod is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back, and a manager.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Pietro
Unlikely. With around 16 UK babies named Pietro per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Pietro in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Pietro is rising: up 110 places since 2020, to #1,613 in 2025. Its best recorded position was #1,123 in 2016.
Pietro is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Pietro include: Pietro Boselli, Pietro Vierchowod and Pietro Labriola. Short summaries for each appear below.
Pietro does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Pietros in the wild.
16
UK babies named Pietro (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 110 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Pietro
Almost certainly the only Pietro in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Pietro
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Pietro Paolo Giovanni Ernesto Baracchi was a Grand Duchy of Tuscany-born astronomer, active in Australia and Government Astronomer of Victoria (Australia) 1900–15.
Pietro Mengoli was an Italian mathematician and clergyman from Bologna, where he studied with Bonaventura Cavalieri at the University of Bologna, and succeeded him in 1647.