NameTides

Petar

Petar was the #6,143 boys' name in the US in 2025 (14 babies), and #3,684 in England & Wales.

Petar as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Petar as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Petar as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#6,143 (14)#3,684 (5)——
2024#6,199 (14)#3,689 (5)——
2023#5,470 (17)#2,814 (7)—#2,921 (5)
2022#7,768 (10)#3,049 (6)—#2,493 (6)
2021#6,032 (14)#2,125 (10)——
2020#4,698 (20)#3,848 (4)#741 (3)—
2019#5,813 (15)#1,869 (12)—#1,737 (10)
2018#6,703 (12)#2,112 (10)#749 (3)—
2017#5,788 (15)#1,923 (12)——
2016#6,349 (13)#2,175 (10)—#2,428 (6)
2015#5,289 (17)#2,319 (9)——
2014#6,307 (13)#4,632 (3)—#1,936 (8)
2013#9,655 (7)#3,315 (5)—#2,305 (6)
2012#5,482 (16)#3,039 (6)—#2,666 (5)
2011#8,079 (9)#4,647 (3)—#1,802 (9)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #4,698.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1963.

How common is it?

about 1 in 130,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 130,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 56,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Petar is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 120,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 78,000 to 1 in 170,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Petar by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,023ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Petar (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
PetarCanadaBoys—too few
PetarEngland & WalesBoys#3,6845
PetarIrelandBoys—too few
PetarNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
PetarUSBoys#6,14314