Petra
#1,367 for girls in 2025, 161 births · Last seen for boys in 1991 at #8,236
Given to girls 99.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1894 · 42 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 14,559since 1881
Petra over time
Rank among girls' names. Petra has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,367 | 161 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,484 | 147 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,471 | 149 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,531 | 140 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,426 | 151 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,276 | 175 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,326 | 172 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,512 | 144 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,392 | 165 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,456 | 158 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,350 | 176 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,515 | 145 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,599 | 134 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,705 | 122 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,741 | 118 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,010 | 99 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,650 | 135 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,677 | 133 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,744 | 124 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,978 | 101 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,639 | 122 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,044 | 89 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,167 | 80 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,113 | 80 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,901 | 91 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,869 | 91 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,153 | 70 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,940 | 78 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,784 | 84 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,752 | 85 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,776 | 81 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,608 | 94 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,664 | 90 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,713 | 87 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,818 | 78 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #1,862 | 76 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,818 | 73 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,636 | 79 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,267 | 111 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,588 | 75 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,401 | 91 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,350 | 89 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,278 | 96 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,684 | 67 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,423 | 86 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,161 | 116 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,261 | 101 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,087 | 120 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,206 | 101 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,016 | 123 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,145 | 101 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,003 | 120 | — | |
| 1973 | #973 | 122 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #1,006 | 117 | — | |
| 1971 | #976 | 130 | — | |
| 1970 | #972 | 130 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,024 | 113 | — | |
| 1968 | #887 | 134 | — | |
| 1967 | #919 | 124 | — | |
| 1966 | #879 | 130 | — | |
| 1965 | #791 | 156 | — | |
| 1964 | #885 | 138 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,003 | 113 | — | |
| 1962 | #998 | 116 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,101 | 99 | — | |
| 1960 | #897 | 137 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,031 | 106 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,095 | 92 | — | |
| 1957 | #995 | 109 | — | |
| 1956 | #929 | 118 | — | |
| 1955 | #999 | 100 | — | |
| 1954 | #952 | 103 | — | |
| 1953 | #874 | 115 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,004 | 88 | — | |
| 1951 | #928 | 98 | — | |
| 1950 | #758 | 130 | — | |
| 1949 | #823 | 113 | — | |
| 1948 | #738 | 131 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #815 | 115 | — | |
| 1946 | #761 | 116 | — | |
| 1945 | #773 | 93 | — | |
| 1944 | #753 | 103 | — | |
| 1943 | #762 | 103 | — | |
| 1942 | #769 | 97 | — | |
| 1941 | #802 | 81 | — | |
| 1940 | #665 | 108 | — | |
| 1939 | #661 | 106 | — | |
| 1938 | #635 | 117 | — | |
| 1937 | #612 | 121 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #615 | 115 | — | |
| 1935 | #631 | 106 | — | |
| 1934 | #544 | 139 | — | |
| 1933 | #588 | 120 | — | |
| 1932 | #550 | 141 | — | |
| 1931 | #497 | 168 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | #504 | 176 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | #492 | 187 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #513 | 182 | #3,357 | 7 |
| 1927 | #498 | 197 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | #530 | 174 | — | |
| 1925 | #512 | 189 | — | |
| 1924 | #524 | 187 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #558 | 168 | — | |
| 1922 | #507 | 189 | — | |
| 1921 | #551 | 166 | — | |
| 1920 | #581 | 152 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #576 | 145 | — | |
| 1918 | #608 | 134 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #615 | 123 | — | |
| 1916 | #687 | 99 | — | |
| 1915 | #593 | 120 | — | |
| 1914 | #526 | 111 | — | |
| 1913 | #556 | 85 | — | |
| 1912 | #620 | 63 | — | |
| 1911 | #531 | 62 | — | |
| 1910 | #503 | 65 | — | |
| 1909 | #535 | 50 | — | |
| 1908 | #593 | 40 | — | |
| 1907 | #500 | 51 | — | |
| 1906 | #555 | 40 | — | |
| 1905 | #519 | 43 | — | |
| 1904 | #500 | 43 | — | |
| 1903 | #654 | 26 | — | |
| 1902 | #528 | 37 | — | |
| 1901 | #499 | 37 | — | |
| 1900 | #531 | 40 | — | |
| 1899 | #664 | 22 | — | |
| 1898 | #631 | 26 | — | |
| 1897 | #627 | 24 | — | |
| 1896 | #514 | 33 | — | |
| 1895 | #578 | 27 | — | |
| 1894 | #429 | 42 | — | |
| 1893 | #594 | 23 | — | |
| 1892 | #565 | 24 | — | |
| 1891 | #624 | 18 | — | |
| 1890 | #617 | 18 | — | |
| 1889 | #516 | 24 | — | |
| 1888 | #512 | 24 | — | |
| 1887 | #537 | 17 | — | |
| 1886 | #508 | 19 | — | |
| 1885 | #557 | 15 | — | |
| 1884 | #731 | 9 | — | |
| 1883 | #651 | 9 | — | |
| 1882 | #634 | 9 | — | |
| 1881 | #539 | 10 | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Petra! It came in at #539, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1884, when fewer than 11 girls a year got the name.
See more about Petra
- 117 spots since 2024 (#1,484 → #1,367)
- 91 spots since 2020 (#1,276 → #1,367)
- 17 spots since 2015 (#1,350 → #1,367)
- Biggest jump: 174 spots in 1885 (#731 → #557)
- Biggest drop: 204 spots in 1961 (#897 → #1,101)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1894 at #429 (42 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 86 yrs · run 1881–1951
- Highest: 1 in 5,308 girls born in 1894 were named Petra (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,983 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 12.3% of all girls named Petra (1,791) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 136 | #508 (1886) | #576 |
| 1890s | 257 | #429 (1894) | #584 |
| 1900s | 407 | #499 (1901) | #541 |
| 1910s | 1,007 | #503 (1910) | #582 |
| 1920s | 1,791 | #492 (1929) | #527 |
| 1930s | 1,309 | #497 (1931) | #584 |
| 1940s | 1,060 | #665 (1940) | #766 |
| 1950s | 1,059 | #758 (1950) | #957 |
| 1960s | 1,260 | #791 (1965) | #938 |
| 1970s | 1,165 | #972 (1970) | #1,065 |
| 1980s | 883 | #1,161 (1980) | #1,461 |
| 1990s | 823 | #1,608 (1994) | #1,807 |
| 2000s | 1,046 | #1,639 (2005) | #1,878 |
| 2010s | 1,433 | #1,326 (2019) | #1,561 |
| 2020s | 923 | #1,276 (2020) | #1,426 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Petra in 1937
Top girls' names in 1937
Top boys' names in 1937
More about 1937
girls
1,064,033 girls got a published name in 1937; 1 in 8,794 of them was named Petra, which outranked 87.6% of the 4,930 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,066,659 boys got a published name in 1937; 1 in 177,777 of them was named Petra, which outranked 21.0% of the 4,020 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).