Names / Girl names
Petra
Current rank
#1,372
holding steady
All-time peak
#435
in 1894
First recorded
1881
in U.S. data
Children named
14,600
since 1881
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #435 in 1894 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Rock-solid and underused. I’ve always liked Petra for confident dogs. Stateside, it was first recorded in 1881. Its strongest year was 1894, at #435 nationally. It now sits outside the national top 1,000, which keeps it uncommon. Across all years, more than 14,600 children have been named this.