Girls' name · since 1913
Petrona
409 babies named Petrona in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,347 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,465 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 409
- born since 1913
- 2020s
- peak decade
409 babies have been named Petrona since 1913, making it today's #4465 girls' name.
Petrona has 409 recorded births among girls since 1913, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4465 as of the latest data, more common than 74% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 2025.
- #13,347 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,465 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 409 born since 1913
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Petrona ranks #13,347 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,465 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 409 born since 1913, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,347 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,465 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 409
- born since 1913
- 2020s
- peak decade
Petrona's 409 recorded births place it above 81.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Alabama.
How Petrona compares
409 Top 49% higher than 51% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Petrona's all-time total is 9% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Petrona | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 409 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 45 | 21 | 19,840 |
Petrona's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Petrona's SSA record in two at 2009 and the more recent half accounts for 70% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 30%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1913, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 45, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Petrona popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 45
- Annual births at peak, across 113 years of records
Petrona by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (163 births, 40% of the file).
2020s was Petrona's strongest decade.
163 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Petrona births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 38
1990s
38 births
- 2000s
2000s
81 births
- 2010s
2010s
117 births
- 2020s
2020s
163 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 163 births (40% of all-time use).
Petrona by state
Where Petrona concentrates geographically, total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Alabama | | 17 | 4.2% |
| #2 | Florida | | 10 | 2.4% |
| #3 | California | | 5 | 1.2% |
17 of 409 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- Alabama records the most Petronas (17 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Alabama names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Petrona: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~112 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1913–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Petrona draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.