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Names beginning with P

640 first names in US birth records start with P, carried by about 8,398,521 people. Here are the 500 most common.

Patricia
~1.2M
girls · peak 1951
Paul
~1.1M
boys · peak 1957
Patrick
~709k
boys · peak 1964
Pamela
~588k
girls · peak 1954
Peter
~515k
boys · peak 1957
Phillip
~298k
boys · peak 1960
Philip
~279k
boys · peak 1953
Paula
~267k
girls · peak 1963
Peggy
~209k
girls · peak 1958
Parker
~195k
mostly boys · peak 2014
Paige
~176k
girls · peak 2003
Phyllis
~172k
girls · peak 1947
Peyton
~169k
both · peak 2009
Preston
~131k
boys · peak 2007
Penelope
~126k
girls · peak 2019
Priscilla
~110k
girls · peak 1942
Payton
~102k
mostly girls · peak 2008
Penny
~100k
girls · peak 1963
Pedro
~97k
boys · peak 2000
Paisley
~79k
girls · peak 2015
Piper
~76k
girls · peak 2015
Patsy
~75k
mostly girls · peak 1941
Pauline
~65k
girls · peak 1918
Perry
~64k
boys · peak 1959
Pablo
~54k
boys · peak 2006
Patty
~51k
girls · peak 1959
Paris
~50k
mostly girls · peak 2004
Phoenix
~49k
both · peak 2020
Presley
~44k
mostly girls · peak 2014
Phoebe
~44k
girls · peak 2025
Paulette
~43k
girls · peak 1948
Patti
~42k
girls · peak 1958
Pat
~42k
both · peak 1947
Patrice
~37k
girls · peak 1958
Paxton
~37k
mostly boys · peak 2016
Pearl
~35k
girls · peak 1918
Pam
~33k
girls · peak 1959
Paola
~30k
girls · peak 2006
Pete
~27k
boys · peak 1959
Prince
~25k
boys · peak 2019
Perla
~25k
girls · peak 2003
Paulina
~23k
girls · peak 2002
Pierce
~23k
boys · peak 2015
Precious
~23k
girls · peak 2001
Porter
~22k
boys · peak 2015
Pierre
~20k
boys · peak 1988
Polly
~20k
girls · peak 1964
Princess
~18k
girls · peak 2006
Palmer
~18k
both · peak 2025
Percy
~16k
boys · peak 1921
Phil
~15k
boys · peak 1959
Patience
~14k
girls · peak 2006
Paislee
~14k
girls · peak 2016
Paloma
~13k
girls · peak 2009
Princeton
~12k
boys · peak 2017
Poppy
~11k
girls · peak 2023
Petra
~11k
girls · peak 1927
Portia
~10k
girls · peak 1989
Promise
~8.3k
mostly girls · peak 2023
Patrica
~8.1k
girls · peak 1962
Priya
~7.9k
girls · peak 2014
Paityn
~7.7k
girls · peak 2010
Pamala
~7.3k
girls · peak 1958
Pearlie
~6.8k
girls · peak 1928
Pilar
~6.2k
mostly girls · peak 2005
Persephone
~6k
girls · peak 2022
Priscila
~5.9k
girls · peak 2002
Pattie
~5.9k
girls · peak 1958
Paulo
~5.5k
boys · peak 2006
Page
~5.3k
mostly girls · peak 1990
Pasquale
~5.3k
boys · peak 1917
Pennie
~5.2k
girls · peak 1963
Pranav
~5.1k
boys · peak 2004
Patricio
~4.8k
boys · peak 2009
Payten
~4.8k
mostly girls · peak 2009
Porsha
~4.8k
girls · peak 1989
Pricilla
~4.7k
girls · peak 1990
Preslee
~4.6k
girls · peak 2014
Peggie
~4.6k
girls · peak 1948
Pia
~4.5k
girls · peak 2024
Prudence
~4.5k
girls · peak 1943
Paolo
~4.4k
boys · peak 2007
Paisleigh
~4.3k
girls · peak 2018
Pierson
~4.3k
boys · peak 2020
Pepper
~4.2k
mostly girls · peak 2021
Parris
~4.1k
both · peak 1993
Pyper
~4k
girls · peak 2014
Philomena
~3.7k
girls · peak 1922
Parrish
~3.7k
mostly boys · peak 1966
Prisha
~3.7k
girls · peak 2017
Peighton
~3.4k
girls · peak 2010
Pandora
~3.3k
girls · peak 1952
Patric
~3.3k
boys · peak 1992
Phineas
~3.2k
boys · peak 2016
Pernell
~3.2k
mostly boys · peak 1964
Prentice
~3.2k
boys · peak 1939
Philippe
~3.1k
boys · peak 1979
Payson
~3.1k
both · peak 2012
Price
~3.1k
boys · peak 2025
Pansy
~3.1k
girls · peak 1916
Pamella
~3k
girls · peak 1954
Passion
~3k
girls · peak 1992
Porfirio
~2.9k
boys · peak 1921
Perri
~2.9k
girls · peak 1958
Pascual
~2.8k
boys · peak 1993
Phylicia
~2.8k
girls · peak 1987
Peri
~2.8k
girls · peak 1960
Penni
~2.7k
girls · peak 1962
Parth
~2.6k
boys · peak 1999
Presleigh
~2.6k
girls · peak 2015
Pearline
~2.6k
girls · peak 1927
Porsche
~2.5k
girls · peak 1987
Payden
~2.5k
mostly boys · peak 2008
Phillis
~2.4k
girls · peak 1949
Pharaoh
~2.4k
boys · peak 2019
Pietro
~2.4k
boys · peak 1974
Paden
~2.4k
mostly boys · peak 1992
Pooja
~2.4k
girls · peak 1997
Perrin
~2.3k
mostly boys · peak 2015
Pascal
~2.2k
boys · peak 2024
Prentiss
~2.2k
boys · peak 1951
Phaedra
~2.2k
girls · peak 1971
Pauletta
~2.2k
girls · peak 1948
Priyanka
~2.1k
girls · peak 1998
Preslie
~2.1k
girls · peak 2014
Patrina
~2.1k
girls · peak 1971
Phebe
~2k
girls · peak 2011
Pippa
~2k
girls · peak 2014
Patton
~2k
mostly boys · peak 2015
Penney
~1.9k
girls · peak 1962
Prescott
~1.9k
mostly boys · peak 2025
Pamelia
~1.9k
girls · peak 1954
Petrina
~1.9k
girls · peak 1971
Philippa
~1.9k
girls · peak 2022
Phylis
~1.9k
girls · peak 1949
Pavel
~1.9k
boys · peak 2008
Pearson
~1.8k
mostly boys · peak 2019
Paulino
~1.8k
boys · peak 1995
Paizley
~1.7k
girls · peak 2013
Porscha
~1.7k
girls · peak 1989
Perseus
~1.7k
boys · peak 2025
Paiton
~1.7k
mostly girls · peak 2008
Praise
~1.6k
mostly girls · peak 2025
Polina
~1.6k
girls · peak 2017
Pryce
~1.6k
boys · peak 2020
Pa
~1.6k
girls · peak 1992
Panagiotis
~1.6k
boys · peak 1983
Phuong
~1.5k
mostly girls · peak 1982
Paradise
~1.5k
girls · peak 2019
Payne
~1.5k
boys · peak 2000
Phyliss
~1.5k
girls · peak 1951
Pearce
~1.5k
boys · peak 2010
Pessy
~1.5k
girls · peak 2021
Pinchas
~1.4k
boys · peak 2025
Penn
~1.4k
boys · peak 2020
Parish
~1.4k
mostly boys · peak 1991
Prestyn
~1.4k
mostly boys · peak 2009
Parks
~1.4k
boys · peak 2025
Pricila
~1.4k
girls · peak 2002
Psalm
~1.4k
mostly boys · peak 2025
Paizlee
~1.4k
girls · peak 2015
Payge
~1.4k
girls · peak 2006
Phoenyx
~1.3k
mostly girls · peak 2020
Peace
~1.3k
mostly girls · peak 2020
Pax
~1.3k
boys · peak 2016
Palma
~1.3k
girls · peak 1925
Paetyn
~1.3k
girls · peak 2011
Parisa
~1.3k
girls · peak 1991
Pacey
~1.2k
mostly boys · peak 2001
Patrisha
~1.2k
girls · peak 1982
Patryk
~1.2k
boys · peak 2009
Pheonix
~1.2k
both · peak 2022
Phong
~1.2k
boys · peak 1985
Penina
~1.2k
girls · peak 2022
Percival
~1.2k
boys · peak 2025
Pace
~1.2k
mostly boys · peak 2024
Paxtyn
~1.2k
both · peak 2016
Primrose
~1.2k
girls · peak 2021
Parnell
~1.2k
boys · peak 1963
Padraic
~1.1k
boys · peak 1982
Pieter
~1.1k
boys · peak 1967
Perel
~1.1k
girls · peak 2024
Priscella
~1.1k
girls · peak 1980
Pasha
~1.1k
both · peak 1991
Philipp
~1.1k
boys · peak 1997
Phenix
~1.1k
both · peak 2023
Porcha
~1k
girls · peak 1990
Prescilla
~1k
girls · peak 1991
Pebbles
~1k
girls · peak 1991
Pearlene
~989
girls · peak 1938
Piero
~979
boys · peak 2007
Pari
~974
girls · peak 2014
Puja
~970
girls · peak 1988
Pinkie
~968
girls · peak 1920
Padraig
~967
boys · peak 2009
Peterson
~959
boys · peak 1989
Persia
~948
girls · peak 2007
Prisila
~948
girls · peak 2002
Phillips
~942
boys · peak 1949
Park
~940
boys · peak 1923
Pollyanna
~938
girls · peak 1964
Powell
~935
boys · peak 1919
Philemon
~911
boys · peak 2017
Parsa
~896
boys · peak 2003
Prestin
~893
boys · peak 2009
Pheobe
~891
girls · peak 2009
Prentis
~887
boys · peak 1942
Porche
~884
girls · peak 1989
Piotr
~877
boys · peak 1993
Pinchus
~852
boys · peak 2025
Pressley
~849
mostly girls · peak 2007
Petros
~847
boys · peak 2007
Peaches
~834
girls · peak 1982
Patrik
~824
boys · peak 1992
Pharoah
~809
boys · peak 2017
Posey
~800
both · peak 2022
Payal
~797
girls · peak 1981
Placido
~789
boys · peak 1923
Prynce
~789
boys · peak 2021
Paz
~788
mostly girls · peak 2019
Pamla
~777
girls · peak 1953
Peyten
~774
mostly girls · peak 2009
Phelan
~769
mostly boys · peak 1996
Petar
~762
boys · peak 2006
Prisilla
~761
girls · peak 2002
Promyse
~761
girls · peak 2021
Perl
~740
mostly girls · peak 2023
Peder
~740
boys · peak 1975
Pang
~738
girls · peak 1990
Pamila
~734
girls · peak 1958
Pascale
~731
girls · peak 1971
Percell
~729
boys · peak 1953
Phillipe
~726
boys · peak 1980
Presten
~724
boys · peak 2008
Paulene
~722
girls · peak 1920
Porshia
~719
girls · peak 1989
Pearly
~717
mostly girls · peak 1924
Pamula
~712
girls · peak 1962
Paytin
~711
mostly girls · peak 2008
Phinehas
~709
boys · peak 2025
Parthenia
~706
girls · peak 1923
Paulita
~706
girls · peak 1927
Philbert
~692
boys · peak 1955
Perez
~688
boys · peak 1991
Peggi
~682
girls · peak 1958
Prosper
~677
mostly boys · peak 2024
Pavan
~674
boys · peak 2002
Pixie
~672
girls · peak 1955
Priest
~671
boys · peak 2019
Pranavi
~668
girls · peak 2007
Pratik
~667
boys · peak 1989
Prem
~658
boys · peak 2000
Perfecto
~656
boys · peak 1964
Panagiota
~647
girls · peak 1976
Peg
~646
girls · peak 1957
Posie
~640
mostly girls · peak 2021
Pervis
~637
boys · peak 1965
Paeton
~636
mostly girls · peak 2008
Primitivo
~633
boys · peak 1980
Precilla
~631
girls · peak 1957
Porchia
~622
girls · peak 1989
Polo
~621
boys · peak 2001
Phi
~616
mostly boys · peak 1992
Prairie
~600
girls · peak 2024
Paytyn
~599
girls · peak 2008
Purnell
~595
boys · peak 1919
Paislie
~595
girls · peak 2015
Presli
~592
girls · peak 2012
Philicia
~585
girls · peak 1991
Pranay
~580
boys · peak 2010
Palmira
~578
girls · peak 1924
Paxon
~575
boys · peak 2017
Prisca
~572
girls · peak 2023
Pearla
~571
girls · peak 2006
Peregrine
~559
mostly boys · peak 2025
Param
~557
boys · peak 2017
Purvis
~556
boys · peak 1921
Pharrell
~556
boys · peak 2003
Pau
~550
boys · peak 2018
Pratham
~542
boys · peak 2002
Paxson
~537
boys · peak 2012
Pawel
~536
boys · peak 1994
Primo
~526
boys · peak 1921
Patra
~523
girls · peak 1994
Pier
~516
mostly girls · peak 1957
Pheng
~516
boys · peak 1989
Paiten
~512
girls · peak 2008
Pryor
~511
mostly boys · peak 2019
Prachi
~509
girls · peak 2007
Pria
~506
girls · peak 2014
Prisma
~505
girls · peak 1987
Patterson
~502
boys · peak 2010
Payslee
~499
girls · peak 2015
Percilla
~498
girls · peak 1949
Pola
~495
girls · peak 1926
Petrona
~489
girls · peak 2024
Parry
~482
boys · peak 1965
Patrisia
~477
girls · peak 1982
Princeston
~474
boys · peak 2016
Prithvi
~469
boys · peak 2009
Patrizia
~468
girls · peak 1974
Pinchos
~468
boys · peak 2021
Purity
~459
girls · peak 2025
Paighton
~458
girls · peak 2016
Pearlean
~457
girls · peak 1939
Poet
~452
both · peak 2025
Penne
~451
girls · peak 1962
Parley
~448
boys · peak 1918
Pennelope
~445
girls · peak 2017
Parke
~444
boys · peak 1915
Patria
~444
girls · peak 1990
Paulett
~439
girls · peak 1949
Princesa
~438
girls · peak 2004
Perrie
~434
mostly girls · peak 2024
Priscillia
~432
girls · peak 1957
Pallavi
~429
girls · peak 1998
Preeti
~425
girls · peak 2000
Parnika
~422
girls · peak 2016
Paislynn
~422
girls · peak 2021
Poseidon
~417
boys · peak 2022
Princella
~416
girls · peak 1942
Patrecia
~410
girls · peak 1951
Phill
~409
boys · peak 1960
Peniel
~409
both · peak 2020
Paxten
~406
mostly boys · peak 2011
Pammy
~405
girls · peak 1963
Per
~400
boys · peak 1963
Parys
~397
girls · peak 2004
Prophet
~395
boys · peak 2019
Puneet
~386
both · peak 1998
Phylliss
~384
girls · peak 1950
Paco
~384
boys · peak 2007
Philana
~382
girls · peak 1975
Providence
~379
girls · peak 1924
Paitynn
~374
girls · peak 2012
Pati
~370
girls · peak 1959
Panayiotis
~369
boys · peak 2003
Patrece
~367
girls · peak 1970
Perlita
~365
girls · peak 1983
Paysen
~362
mostly girls · peak 2012
Perris
~361
both · peak 1993
Pao
~355
boys · peak 1991
Piers
~354
boys · peak 2013
Palak
~352
girls · peak 2006
Peytan
~347
girls · peak 2011
Purvi
~345
girls · peak 1981
Psalms
~344
both · peak 2025
Paras
~338
boys · peak 1990
Phu
~336
boys · peak 1987
Phuc
~335
boys · peak 1985
Prashant
~328
boys · peak 1985
Paisyn
~328
girls · peak 2013
Praneel
~326
boys · peak 2014
Payzlee
~326
girls · peak 2013
Paraskevi
~325
girls · peak 2005
Patriciaann
~324
girls · peak 1942
Peytyn
~323
girls · peak 2009
Paiden
~320
both · peak 2015
Porshe
~319
girls · peak 1990
Papa
~318
boys · peak 2003
Pio
~317
boys · peak 2025
Paizleigh
~316
girls · peak 2013
Patsey
~313
girls · peak 1942
Patina
~312
girls · peak 1973
Portland
~309
mostly girls · peak 2021
Priti
~309
girls · peak 1980
Paw
~309
girls · peak 2016
Poonam
~306
girls · peak 1986
Peyson
~305
both · peak 2012
Pollie
~299
girls · peak 1920
Poppi
~299
girls · peak 2024
Prim
~297
girls · peak 2025
Peytin
~290
mostly girls · peak 2008
Pema
~287
girls · peak 2017
Porschia
~286
girls · peak 1988
Prudencio
~285
boys · peak 1930
Preet
~285
both · peak 2008
Pragya
~283
girls · peak 2018
Pike
~282
boys · peak 2014
Padme
~280
girls · peak 2025
Purcell
~279
boys · peak 1948
Paije
~279
girls · peak 1995
Prateek
~275
boys · peak 2010
Patrycja
~273
girls · peak 2000
Pecola
~272
girls · peak 1920
Philander
~269
boys · peak 1964
Pius
~269
boys · peak 1927
Peng
~268
boys · peak 1995
Prayan
~268
boys · peak 2019
Pasqual
~267
boys · peak 1922
Poetry
~266
girls · peak 2021
Paisly
~262
girls · peak 2011
Patsie
~260
girls · peak 1940
Pariss
~259
girls · peak 2004
Pearse
~258
boys · peak 1999
Praveen
~257
boys · peak 1996
Phynix
~256
mostly girls · peak 2011
Paschal
~255
boys · peak 1926
Purpose
~254
mostly girls · peak 2025
Paulla
~251
girls · peak 1951
Piercen
~247
boys · peak 2010
Pate
~246
boys · peak 2003
Pj
~246
boys · peak 1984
Phelix
~245
boys · peak 2017
Pharrah
~245
girls · peak 2011
Parklynn
~244
girls · peak 2022
Pantelis
~243
boys · peak 1992
Pascha
~243
girls · peak 1973
Paralee
~242
girls · peak 1920
Philo
~241
boys · peak 2017
Patt
~241
girls · peak 1946
Phillippe
~241
boys · peak 1989
Partick
~241
boys · peak 1987
Paarth
~241
boys · peak 2013
Perpetua
~241
girls · peak 2022
Pachia
~239
girls · peak 1998
Perrion
~239
boys · peak 2000
Platon
~239
boys · peak 2014
Paislyn
~238
girls · peak 2019
Patrici
~236
girls · peak 1964
Persephanie
~236
girls · peak 2014
Pleshette
~235
girls · peak 1972
Pieper
~234
girls · peak 2013
Phelicia
~233
girls · peak 1987
Pharell
~233
boys · peak 2004
Pahola
~232
girls · peak 1993
Parag
~229
boys · peak 1975
Priyansh
~228
boys · peak 2020
Payam
~227
boys · peak 1990
Pratyush
~226
boys · peak 2007
Preethi
~225
girls · peak 2002
Perley
~224
boys · peak 1915
Pleas
~224
boys · peak 1916
Parneet
~224
girls · peak 2007
Paislei
~224
girls · peak 2018
Pearley
~221
mostly girls · peak 1926
Pinky
~221
girls · peak 1951
Pietra
~220
girls · peak 2018
Pina
~217
girls · peak 1971
Peggyann
~217
girls · peak 1948
Pennye
~217
girls · peak 1962
Pranshi
~217
girls · peak 2025
Paolina
~215
girls · peak 2004
Paticia
~215
girls · peak 1969
Paulmichael
~214
boys · peak 1984
Paytan
~214
girls · peak 2009
Pruitt
~212
mostly boys · peak 2024
Paddy
~212
mostly girls · peak 1934
Philopater
~212
boys · peak 2019
Phung
~211
mostly girls · peak 1990
Ponciano
~210
boys · peak 1925
Pierrette
~206
girls · peak 1955
Pegeen
~206
girls · peak 1959
Pilot
~204
boys · peak 2009
Princessa
~201
girls · peak 2004
Paquita
~198
girls · peak 1973
Power
~198
mostly boys · peak 2022
Petula
~196
girls · peak 1968
Porcia
~196
girls · peak 1990
Priseis
~196
girls · peak 2008
Peightyn
~196
girls · peak 2012
Phenyx
~192
mostly girls · peak 2022
Petrice
~191
girls · peak 1972
Philopateer
~191
boys · peak 2012
Pranika
~189
girls · peak 2017
Prabhjot
~188
mostly boys · peak 2006
Pal
~187
mostly boys · peak 1961
Peretz
~187
boys · peak 2016
Philipe
~184
boys · peak 1980
Pecolia
~182
girls · peak 1925
Preciosa
~181
girls · peak 1999
Phinneas
~179
boys · peak 2010
Palin
~179
girls · peak 2009
Presly
~178
girls · peak 2007
Preslyn
~178
girls · peak 2013
Pailyn
~178
girls · peak 2009
Pattye
~176
girls · peak 1932
Pakou
~176
girls · peak 1994
Pahoua
~176
girls · peak 1994
Paisli
~175
girls · peak 2018
Pattiann
~174
girls · peak 1967
Patches
~172
girls · peak 1975
Pesach
~172
boys · peak 2017
Prosperity
~172
girls · peak 2015
Pihu
~172
girls · peak 2015
Pepe
~171
boys · peak 1962
Penelopi
~171
girls · peak 2017
Pama
~168
girls · peak 1958
Pavle
~168
boys · peak 2016
Paullette
~167
girls · peak 1949
Paylin
~167
girls · peak 2011
Payslie
~167
girls · peak 2015
Prynceton
~166
boys · peak 2018
Priyal
~165
girls · peak 2001
Porschea
~164
girls · peak 1987
Prajna
~164
girls · peak 2014
Paulanthony
~163
boys · peak 1989
Polette
~163
girls · peak 2012
Pranathi
~161
girls · peak 2005
Pink
~160
boys · peak 1881

About the letter P

The most common is Patricia, with roughly 1,244,514 people in the United States. Of the 640 P names on record, 451 are carried by fewer than a thousand people each — the long tail that makes up most of any letter.

This page lists the 500 most common. To go further, or to filter P names by length, syllables, gender or era, use the advanced name search. Every name here links through to its full profile: how many people carry it, its age profile, where it is concentrated and how it has moved since 1880.

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