Petra Girls

The U.S. popularity history of Petra: every year it appeared on the national list since 1881, with 14,559 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

14,559

Peak year

1927 #499

Years on the list

145

10-year trend

-8.1%

In the 1920s · Most used in TX in {year}

Popularity history

1881–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	118	#1746
2012	122	#1713
2013	134	#1613
2014	145	#1518
2015	176	#1351
2016	158	#1463
2017	165	#1398
2018	144	#1518
2019	172	#1330
2020	175	#1278
2021	151	#1430
2022	140	#1537
2023	149	#1473
2024	147	#1490
2025	161	#1372

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1927

127

Names from the same era

Jean · 1927 Lois · 1927 Rosie · 1927 Imogene · 1927 Mavis · 1927 Ruthie · 1927 John · 1927 Dorthy · 1927 Lupe · 1927 Earline · 1927

Names similar to Petra

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