Petar — #6235 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Petar

The Social Security Administration has registered 627 babies named Petar between 1963 and 2024, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Petar currently holds the #6235 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Petar performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 143 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Petar shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 53 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Petar in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Petar in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 627 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.