Petronella — girls' name

What the Data Says About Petronella

The Social Security Administration has registered 335 babies named Petronella between 1884 and 1949, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Petronella currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1949. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Petronella performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 142 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Petronella shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Petronella in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Petronella 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 335 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.