Petra
#1,276 most common girls' name of all time · #2,238 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1881–2025
Rank among girls
#1,276
Rank overall
#2,238 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
145 of 146
All-time
14,626
Since 2016
1,562
Peak year
1927 #498
Best rank
#435 1894
Girls
Boys
peak 205/yr
Petra first appears in 1881. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 161 | — | 161 | #1,369 |
| 2024 | 147 | — | 147 | #1,484 |
| 2023 | 149 | — | 149 | #1,471 |
| 2022 | 140 | — | 140 | #1,531 |
| 2021 | 151 | — | 151 | #1,426 |
| 2020 | 175 | — | 175 | #1,277 |
| 2019 | 172 | — | 172 | #1,326 |
| 2018 | 144 | — | 144 | #1,515 |
| 2017 | 165 | — | 165 | #1,393 |
| 2016 | 158 | — | 158 | #1,457 |
| 2015 | 176 | — | 176 | #1,350 |
| 2014 | 145 | — | 145 | #1,515 |
| 2013 | 134 | — | 134 | #1,602 |
| 2012 | 122 | — | 122 | #1,706 |
| 2011 | 118 | — | 118 | #1,742 |
| 2010 | 99 | — | 99 | #2,012 |
| 2009 | 135 | — | 135 | #1,652 |
| 2008 | 133 | — | 133 | #1,677 |
| 2007 | 124 | — | 124 | #1,745 |
| 2006 | 101 | — | 101 | #1,978 |
| 2005 | 122 | — | 122 | #1,639 |
| 2004 | 89 | — | 89 | #2,046 |
| 2003 | 80 | — | 80 | #2,170 |
| 2002 | 80 | — | 80 | #2,115 |
| 2001 | 91 | — | 91 | #1,903 |
| 2000 | 91 | — | 91 | #1,870 |
| 1999 | 70 | — | 70 | #2,157 |
| 1998 | 78 | — | 78 | #1,942 |
| 1997 | 84 | — | 84 | #1,784 |
| 1996 | 85 | — | 85 | #1,752 |
| 1995 | 81 | — | 81 | #1,776 |
| 1994 | 94 | — | 94 | #1,609 |
| 1993 | 90 | — | 90 | #1,664 |
| 1992 | 87 | — | 87 | #1,715 |
| 1991 | 78 | 5 | 83 | #1,818 |
| 1990 | 76 | — | 76 | #1,865 |
| 1989 | 73 | — | 73 | #1,818 |
| 1988 | 79 | — | 79 | #1,638 |
| 1987 | 111 | — | 111 | #1,269 |
| 1986 | 75 | — | 75 | #1,594 |
| 1985 | 91 | — | 91 | #1,402 |
| 1984 | 89 | — | 89 | #1,350 |
| 1983 | 96 | — | 96 | #1,280 |
| 1982 | 67 | — | 67 | #1,687 |
| 1981 | 86 | — | 86 | #1,425 |
| 1980 | 116 | — | 116 | #1,163 |
| 1979 | 101 | — | 101 | #1,264 |
| 1978 | 120 | — | 120 | #1,088 |
| 1977 | 101 | — | 101 | #1,208 |
| 1976 | 123 | — | 123 | #1,016 |
| 1975 | 101 | — | 101 | #1,146 |
| 1974 | 120 | — | 120 | #1,004 |
| 1973 | 122 | 5 | 127 | #973 |
| 1972 | 117 | — | 117 | #1,007 |
| 1971 | 130 | — | 130 | #977 |
| 1970 | 130 | — | 130 | #973 |
| 1969 | 113 | — | 113 | #1,027 |
| 1968 | 134 | — | 134 | #890 |
| 1967 | 124 | — | 124 | #919 |
| 1966 | 130 | — | 130 | #879 |
| 1965 | 156 | — | 156 | #791 |
| 1964 | 138 | — | 138 | #886 |
| 1963 | 113 | — | 113 | #1,006 |
| 1962 | 116 | — | 116 | #999 |
| 1961 | 99 | — | 99 | #1,101 |
| 1960 | 137 | — | 137 | #902 |
| 1959 | 106 | — | 106 | #1,032 |
| 1958 | 92 | — | 92 | #1,095 |
| 1957 | 109 | — | 109 | #997 |
| 1956 | 118 | — | 118 | #929 |
| 1955 | 100 | — | 100 | #1,001 |
| 1954 | 103 | — | 103 | #953 |
| 1953 | 115 | — | 115 | #877 |
| 1952 | 88 | — | 88 | #1,004 |
| 1951 | 98 | — | 98 | #932 |
| 1950 | 130 | — | 130 | #761 |
| 1949 | 113 | — | 113 | #828 |
| 1948 | 131 | 5 | 136 | #740 |
| 1947 | 115 | — | 115 | #816 |
| 1946 | 116 | — | 116 | #761 |
| 1945 | 93 | — | 93 | #774 |
| 1944 | 103 | — | 103 | #755 |
| 1943 | 103 | — | 103 | #762 |
| 1942 | 97 | — | 97 | #770 |
| 1941 | 81 | — | 81 | #805 |
| 1940 | 108 | — | 108 | #667 |
| 1939 | 106 | — | 106 | #662 |
| 1938 | 117 | — | 117 | #636 |
| 1937 | 121 | 6 | 127 | #613 |
| 1936 | 115 | — | 115 | #615 |
| 1935 | 106 | — | 106 | #633 |
| 1934 | 139 | — | 139 | #545 |
| 1933 | 120 | — | 120 | #591 |
| 1932 | 141 | — | 141 | #550 |
| 1931 | 168 | 5 | 173 | #497 |
| 1930 | 176 | 5 | 181 | #504 |
| 1929 | 187 | 5 | 192 | #492 |
| 1928 | 182 | 7 | 189 | #514 |
| 1927 | 197 | 8 | 205 | #498 |
| 1926 | 174 | — | 174 | #531 |
| 1925 | 189 | — | 189 | #512 |
| 1924 | 187 | 5 | 192 | #525 |
| 1923 | 168 | — | 168 | #558 |
| 1922 | 189 | — | 189 | #507 |
| 1921 | 166 | — | 166 | #552 |
| 1920 | 152 | 6 | 158 | #582 |
| 1919 | 145 | — | 145 | #580 |
| 1918 | 134 | 5 | 139 | #610 |
| 1917 | 123 | — | 123 | #616 |
| 1916 | 99 | — | 99 | #690 |
| 1915 | 120 | — | 120 | #595 |
| 1914 | 111 | — | 111 | #530 |
| 1913 | 85 | — | 85 | #557 |
| 1912 | 63 | — | 63 | #625 |
| 1911 | 62 | — | 62 | #533 |
| 1910 | 65 | — | 65 | #511 |
| 1909 | 50 | — | 50 | #539 |
| 1908 | 40 | — | 40 | #598 |
| 1907 | 51 | — | 51 | #505 |
| 1906 | 40 | — | 40 | #559 |
| 1905 | 43 | — | 43 | #526 |
| 1904 | 43 | — | 43 | #507 |
| 1903 | 26 | — | 26 | #660 |
| 1902 | 37 | — | 37 | #533 |
| 1901 | 37 | — | 37 | #506 |
| 1900 | 40 | — | 40 | #541 |
| 1899 | 22 | — | 22 | #674 |
| 1898 | 26 | — | 26 | #640 |
| 1897 | 24 | — | 24 | #635 |
| 1896 | 33 | — | 33 | #522 |
| 1895 | 27 | — | 27 | #595 |
| 1894 | 42 | — | 42 | #435 |
| 1893 | 23 | — | 23 | #608 |
| 1892 | 24 | — | 24 | #574 |
| 1891 | 18 | — | 18 | #641 |
| 1890 | 18 | — | 18 | #634 |
| 1889 | 24 | — | 24 | #531 |
| 1888 | 24 | — | 24 | #524 |
| 1887 | 17 | — | 17 | #558 |
| 1886 | 19 | — | 19 | #526 |
| 1885 | 15 | — | 15 | #573 |
| 1884 | 9 | — | 9 | #763 |
| 1883 | 9 | — | 9 | #684 |
| 1882 | 9 | — | 9 | #666 |
| 1881 | 10 | — | 10 | #581 |