Petra
Rank in 2025
#1367
recorded as girls
Up 117 since 2024
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
161
girls 161
Peak year
1894
42 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
14,626
since 1881
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Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Petra was most popular in 1894, when 42 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.19 per 1,000). In 2025, 161 babies were named Petra, ranking #1367 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 161 | 1367 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 147 | 1484 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 149 | 1471 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 140 | 1531 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 151 | 1426 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 175 | 1276 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 172 | 1326 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 144 | 1512 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 165 | 1392 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 158 | 1456 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 176 | 1350 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 145 | 1515 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 134 | 1599 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 122 | 1705 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 118 | 1741 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 99 | 2010 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 135 | 1650 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 133 | 1677 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 124 | 1744 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 101 | 1978 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 122 | 1639 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 89 | 2044 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 80 | 2167 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 80 | 2113 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 91 | 1901 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 91 | 1869 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 70 | 2153 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 78 | 1940 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 84 | 1784 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 85 | 1752 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 81 | 1776 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 94 | 1608 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 90 | 1664 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 87 | 1713 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 78 | 1818 | 5 | 8236 |
| 1990 | 76 | 1862 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 73 | 1818 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 79 | 1636 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 111 | 1267 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 75 | 1588 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 91 | 1401 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 89 | 1350 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 96 | 1278 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 67 | 1684 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 86 | 1423 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 116 | 1161 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 101 | 1261 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 120 | 1087 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 101 | 1206 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 123 | 1016 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 101 | 1145 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 120 | 1003 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 122 | 973 | 5 | 5101 |
| 1972 | 117 | 1006 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 130 | 976 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 130 | 972 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 113 | 1024 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 134 | 887 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 124 | 919 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 130 | 879 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 156 | 791 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 138 | 885 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 113 | 1003 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 116 | 998 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 99 | 1101 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 137 | 897 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 106 | 1031 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 92 | 1095 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 109 | 995 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 118 | 929 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 100 | 999 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 103 | 952 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 115 | 874 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 88 | 1004 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 98 | 928 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 130 | 758 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 113 | 823 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 131 | 738 | 5 | 3668 |
| 1947 | 115 | 815 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 116 | 761 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 93 | 773 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 103 | 753 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 103 | 762 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 97 | 769 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 81 | 802 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 108 | 665 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 106 | 661 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 117 | 635 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 121 | 612 | 6 | 3175 |
| 1936 | 115 | 615 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 106 | 631 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 139 | 544 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 120 | 588 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 141 | 550 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 168 | 497 | 5 | 3763 |
| 1930 | 176 | 504 | 5 | 4001 |
| 1929 | 187 | 492 | 5 | 3959 |
| 1928 | 182 | 513 | 7 | 3357 |
| 1927 | 197 | 498 | 8 | 3151 |
| 1926 | 174 | 530 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 189 | 512 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 187 | 524 | 5 | 4347 |
| 1923 | 168 | 558 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 189 | 507 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 166 | 551 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 152 | 581 | 6 | 3815 |
| 1919 | 145 | 576 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 134 | 608 | 5 | 4179 |
| 1917 | 123 | 615 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 99 | 687 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 120 | 593 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 111 | 526 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 85 | 556 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 63 | 620 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 62 | 531 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 65 | 503 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 50 | 535 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 40 | 593 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 51 | 500 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 40 | 555 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 43 | 519 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 43 | 500 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 26 | 654 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 37 | 528 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 37 | 499 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 40 | 531 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 22 | 664 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 26 | 631 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 24 | 627 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 33 | 514 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 27 | 578 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 42 | 429 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 23 | 594 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 24 | 565 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 18 | 624 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 18 | 617 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 24 | 516 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 24 | 512 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 17 | 537 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 19 | 508 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 15 | 557 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 9 | 731 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 9 | 651 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 9 | 634 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 10 | 539 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years