NameTides

Petra

Petra was the #1,367 girls' name in the US in 2025 (161 babies), and #2,138 in England & Wales and #1,141 in Canada.

Petra as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Petra as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Petra as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,367 (161)#2,138 (13)——#1,141 (23)
2024#1,484 (147)#1,097 (31)——#917 (30)
2023#1,471 (149)#962 (36)#749 (3)#625 (5)#1,203 (20)
2022#1,531 (140)#1,023 (33)——#1,095 (23)
2021#1,426 (151)#1,195 (28)——#974 (28)
2020#1,276 (175)#1,065 (31)—#834 (3)#923 (29)
2019#1,326 (172)#897 (40)#650 (4)#871 (3)#839 (33)
2018#1,512 (144)#952 (38)#583 (5)—#1,215 (20)
2017#1,392 (165)#1,512 (21)#808 (3)#873 (3)#857 (32)
2016#1,456 (158)#1,013 (35)#798 (3)—#1,075 (24)
2015#1,350 (176)#1,405 (23)#653 (4)#660 (5)#743 (38)
2014#1,515 (145)#986 (37)#802 (3)#752 (4)#825 (33)
2013#1,599 (134)#1,291 (26)—#660 (5)#950 (28)
2012#1,705 (122)#1,184 (28)——#865 (31)
2011#1,741 (118)#1,043 (33)—#550 (7)#957 (27)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1894 at #429.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1881.
  • In 1991, 94% of US babies named Petra were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 10,000 baby girls 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
USGirls2025about 1 in 10,000uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 20,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Petra is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 10,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 9,200 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Petra by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #679WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,113ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #980NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #548ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,438OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,185CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #789CONebraska: 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: #1,437NCSouth 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: #2,210TXFlorida: #1,000FL
Petra (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#86713

Petra (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
PetraCanadaGirls#1,14123
PetraEngland & WalesGirls#2,13813
PetraIrelandGirls—too few
PetraNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
PetraScotlandGirls—too few
PetraUSGirls#1,367161
PetraUSBoys—too few