Peta

Peta peaked in England & Wales in 2000 at #2,416, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.

Peta as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • NSW
Peta as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.0318801900192019401960198020002020
Peta as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.031880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesNSW
2017—#5,765 (3)—
2015—#5,730 (3)—
2014—#3,514 (6)—
2012—#4,838 (4)—
2011—#5,785 (3)—
2007—#5,201 (3)—
2006—#4,157 (4)—
2005—#3,382 (5)—
2004—#4,598 (3)—
2002—#4,137 (3)—
2001—#2,466 (6)—
2000—#2,416 (6)—
1998#12,426 (6)#3,848 (3)—
1996—#2,683 (5)—
1983——#97 (79)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in England & Wales in 2000 at #2,416.
  • In the England & Wales records since the data begins in 1996.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
PetaEngland & WalesGirls—too few
PetaNSWGirls—too few
PetaUSGirls—too few