Petrita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Petrita

The Social Security Administration has registered 69 babies named Petrita between 1919 and 1971, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Petrita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1971. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Petrita performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 32 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Petrita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Mexico, which accounts for 31 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Petrita in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Petrita 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 69 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.