Given name & surname
Pecos
“from the river; a cowboy”
Pecos is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “from the river; a cowboy.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “from the river; a cowboy.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pecos through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 57
- 57 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #7,550 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,550 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 168 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Pecos’s family of names
Pecos has a related form in Peckos. Pecos has a related form in Pekos.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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