Petra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- PET-ra
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,206 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,367 for girls
Petra is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “rock”. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies) and 1,367th for girls in the US (161 babies).
What does Petra mean?
Greek: feminine of Peter
“rock”
The feminine form of Peter, from Greek petra, rock; Petra is also the ancient rock-cut city in Jordan.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Petra a girl's or a boy's name?
Petra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK and 161 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Petra in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,206th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Petra, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,121st. Its busiest year was 2019, with 44 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Petra than any year since 2004.
Half of all the girls named Petra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales.
Petra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 2024 | 31 | #1,143 |
| 2023 | 39 | #969 |
| 2022 | 33 | #1,091 |
| 2021 | 29 | #1,231 |
| 2020 | 32 | #1,121 |
| 2019 | 44 | #893 |
| 2018 | 43 | #923 |
| 2017 | 24 | #1,455 |
| 2016 | 38 | #1,014 |
| 2015 | 27 | #1,317 |
| 2014 | 40 | #983 |
| 2013 | 27 | #1,324 |
| 2012 | 29 | #1,232 |
| 2011 | 33 | #1,117 |
| 2010 | 23 | #1,418 |
| 2009 | 31 | #1,093 |
| 2008 | 30 | #1,090 |
| 2007 | 24 | #1,243 |
| 2006 | 28 | #1,062 |
| 2005 | 23 | #1,172 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,812 |
| 2003 | 17 | #1,369 |
| 2002 | 14 | #1,475 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,637 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 12 | #1,576 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,694 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,741 |
How popular is Petra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,367th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 161 about 1 in 10,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 161 girls in the US were named Petra, making it the 1,367th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,276th. Its busiest year was 1927, with 197 girls. It first appears in the records in 1881.
2025 had more girls named Petra than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Petra in the US since 1880 were born between 1930 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
Petra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 161 | #1,367 |
| 2024 | 147 | #1,484 |
| 2023 | 149 | #1,471 |
| 2022 | 140 | #1,531 |
| 2021 | 151 | #1,426 |
| 2020 | 175 | #1,276 |
| 2019 | 172 | #1,326 |
| 2018 | 144 | #1,512 |
| 2017 | 165 | #1,392 |
| 2016 | 158 | #1,456 |
| 2015 | 176 | #1,350 |
| 2014 | 145 | #1,515 |
| 2013 | 134 | #1,599 |
| 2012 | 122 | #1,705 |
| 2011 | 118 | #1,741 |
| 2010 | 99 | #2,010 |
| 2009 | 135 | #1,650 |
| 2008 | 133 | #1,677 |
| 2007 | 124 | #1,744 |
| 2006 | 101 | #1,978 |
| 2005 | 122 | #1,638 |
| 2004 | 89 | #2,042 |
| 2003 | 80 | #2,164 |
| 2002 | 80 | #2,110 |
| 2001 | 91 | #1,897 |
| 2000 | 91 | #1,865 |
| 1999 | 70 | #2,150 |
| 1998 | 78 | #1,937 |
| 1997 | 84 | #1,782 |
| 1996 | 85 | #1,750 |
| 1995 | 81 | #1,772 |
| 1994 | 94 | #1,603 |
| 1993 | 90 | #1,661 |
| 1992 | 87 | #1,709 |
| 1991 | 78 | #1,812 |
| 1990 | 76 | #1,858 |
| 1989 | 73 | #1,814 |
| 1988 | 79 | #1,635 |
| 1987 | 111 | #1,267 |
| 1986 | 75 | #1,587 |
| 1985 | 91 | #1,400 |
| 1984 | 89 | #1,350 |
| 1983 | 96 | #1,278 |
| 1982 | 67 | #1,684 |
| 1981 | 86 | #1,423 |
| 1980 | 116 | #1,161 |
| 1979 | 101 | #1,261 |
| 1978 | 120 | #1,087 |
| 1977 | 101 | #1,206 |
| 1976 | 123 | #1,016 |
| 1975 | 101 | #1,145 |
| 1974 | 120 | #1,003 |
| 1973 | 122 | #973 |
| 1972 | 117 | #1,006 |
| 1971 | 130 | #976 |
| 1970 | 130 | #972 |
| 1969 | 113 | #1,024 |
| 1968 | 134 | #887 |
| 1967 | 124 | #919 |
| 1966 | 130 | #879 |
| 1965 | 156 | #791 |
| 1964 | 138 | #885 |
| 1963 | 113 | #1,003 |
| 1962 | 116 | #998 |
| 1961 | 99 | #1,101 |
| 1960 | 137 | #897 |
| 1959 | 106 | #1,030 |
| 1958 | 92 | #1,094 |
| 1957 | 109 | #994 |
| 1956 | 118 | #928 |
| 1955 | 100 | #998 |
| 1954 | 103 | #951 |
| 1953 | 115 | #873 |
| 1952 | 88 | #1,003 |
| 1951 | 98 | #927 |
| 1950 | 130 | #757 |
| 1949 | 113 | #822 |
| 1948 | 131 | #737 |
| 1947 | 115 | #814 |
| 1946 | 116 | #761 |
| 1945 | 93 | #773 |
| 1944 | 103 | #753 |
| 1943 | 103 | #762 |
| 1942 | 97 | #769 |
| 1941 | 81 | #802 |
| 1940 | 108 | #665 |
| 1939 | 106 | #661 |
| 1938 | 117 | #635 |
| 1937 | 121 | #612 |
| 1936 | 115 | #615 |
| 1935 | 106 | #631 |
| 1934 | 139 | #544 |
| 1933 | 120 | #588 |
| 1932 | 141 | #550 |
| 1931 | 168 | #497 |
| 1930 | 176 | #504 |
| 1929 | 187 | #492 |
| 1928 | 182 | #513 |
| 1927 | 197 | #498 |
| 1926 | 174 | #530 |
| 1925 | 189 | #512 |
| 1924 | 187 | #524 |
| 1923 | 168 | #558 |
| 1922 | 189 | #507 |
| 1921 | 166 | #551 |
| 1920 | 152 | #581 |
| 1919 | 145 | #576 |
| 1918 | 134 | #608 |
| 1917 | 123 | #615 |
| 1916 | 99 | #687 |
| 1915 | 120 | #593 |
| 1914 | 111 | #526 |
| 1913 | 85 | #556 |
| 1912 | 63 | #620 |
| 1911 | 62 | #531 |
| 1910 | 65 | #503 |
| 1909 | 50 | #535 |
| 1908 | 40 | #593 |
| 1907 | 51 | #500 |
| 1906 | 40 | #555 |
| 1905 | 43 | #519 |
| 1904 | 43 | #500 |
| 1903 | 26 | #654 |
| 1902 | 37 | #528 |
| 1901 | 37 | #499 |
| 1900 | 40 | #531 |
| 1899 | 22 | #664 |
| 1898 | 26 | #631 |
| 1897 | 24 | #627 |
| 1896 | 33 | #514 |
| 1895 | 27 | #578 |
| 1894 | 42 | #429 |
| 1893 | 23 | #594 |
| 1892 | 24 | #565 |
| 1891 | 18 | #624 |
| 1890 | 18 | #617 |
| 1889 | 24 | #516 |
| 1888 | 24 | #512 |
| 1887 | 17 | #537 |
| 1886 | 19 | #508 |
| 1885 | 15 | #557 |
| 1884 | 9 | #731 |
| 1883 | 9 | #651 |
| 1882 | 9 | #634 |
| 1881 | 10 | #539 |
Names like Petra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ada, Phoebe, Eva, Cora, Lola, Nina, Matilda, Ella, Cleo, Rosa, Clara, Etta
Names related to Petra
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Petra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/petra, updated 20 October 2026.