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Petrona

Girl · peh-TROH-nah · Latin

Petrona is a girls' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,459th for girls in the US (31 babies).

Where does Petrona come from?

Latin: Spanish feminine form linked to Petronius and Peter

Say it
peh-TROH-nah

Is Petrona a girl's or a boy's name?

Petrona is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Petrona in the US?

Rank in 2025
#4,459among girls
Babies in 2025
31about 1 in 52,000 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 70% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 31 girls in the US were named Petrona, making it the 4,459th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,878th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 45 girls. It first appears in the records in 1913.

Half of all the girls named Petrona in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

1913Busiest: 45 in 20242025
Petrona in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202531#4,459
202445#3,459
202321#5,747
202216#6,979
202124#5,233
202026#4,878
201919#6,172
201812#8,612
201716#7,088
201613#8,390
201512#8,926
20145#16,507
20138#11,964
201211#9,706
201111#9,719
201010#10,446
20098#12,423
20087#13,827
20079#11,626
20067#13,601
200512#8,878
20047#12,754
20039#10,420
20026#13,589
20019#10,095
20007#11,794
19990–
199810#8,579
19975#13,719
19960–
19957#10,509
19940–
19935#13,435
19920–
19916#11,501
19905#12,952
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19875#11,320
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19135#3,185

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