Petrona — #3455 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Petrona

The Social Security Administration has registered 378 babies named Petrona between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Petrona currently holds the #3455 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 45 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Petrona performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 132 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Petrona shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Petrona in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Petrona 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 378 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.