Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Petar

#6,295 most common boys' name of all time · #15,706 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1963–2025

Rank among boys
#6,295
Rank overall
#15,706 of 105,966
First appeared
1963
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
641
Since 2016
144
Peak year
2006 #4,423
Best rank
#2,195 1968
Girls Boys peak 21/yr
198020002020

Petar first appears in 1963. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 14 14 #6,212
2024 — 14 14 #6,267
2023 — 17 17 #5,515
2022 — 10 10 #7,883
2021 — 14 14 #6,123
2020 — 20 20 #4,743
2019 — 15 15 #5,878
2018 — 12 12 #6,805
2017 — 15 15 #5,870
2016 — 13 13 #6,455
2015 — 17 17 #5,354
2014 — 13 13 #6,390
2013 — 7 7 #9,883
2012 — 16 16 #5,546
2011 — 9 9 #8,220
2010 — 9 9 #8,292
2009 — 14 14 #6,177
2008 — 16 16 #5,555
2007 — 17 17 #5,270
2006 — 21 21 #4,423
2005 — 14 14 #5,655
2004 — 14 14 #5,602
2003 — 11 11 #6,383
2002 — 11 11 #6,220
2001 — 12 12 #5,778
2000 — 13 13 #5,384
1999 — 14 14 #4,864
1998 — 12 12 #5,261
1997 — 11 11 #5,413
1996 — 18 18 #3,742
1995 — 8 8 #6,599
1994 — 9 9 #6,048
1993 — 10 10 #5,522
1992 — 7 7 #6,905
1991 — 9 9 #5,680
1990 — 8 8 #6,062
1989 — 10 10 #4,967
1988 — 9 9 #4,958
1987 — 8 8 #5,201
1986 — 9 9 #4,660
1985 — 13 13 #3,528
1982 — 10 10 #4,131
1981 — 6 6 #5,851
1980 — 10 10 #4,004
1978 — 13 13 #3,166
1977 — 10 10 #3,751
1976 — 5 5 #6,030
1975 — 8 8 #4,171
1974 — 6 6 #4,974
1973 — 6 6 #4,868
1972 — 7 7 #4,282
1971 — 8 8 #3,893
1970 — 7 7 #4,138
1969 — 5 5 #4,869
1968 — 15 15 #2,195
1967 — 6 6 #3,915
1963 — 6 6 #4,043