Girls' name · since 1919
Petronia
Petronia has 43 recorded births since 1919 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1984 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #36,774 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 43
- born since 1919
- 1980s
- peak decade
Petronia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 43 recorded since 1919.
Petronia has 43 recorded births among girls since 1919, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1919 to 1984.
- #36,774 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 43 born since 1919
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Petronia ranks #36,774 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 43 born since 1919, peaking in the 1980s.
- #36,774 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 43
- born since 1919
- 1980s
- peak decade
Petronia's 43 recorded births place it above 49.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Petronia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Petronia splits its recorded history at 1939: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1922 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1984 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Petronia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–1984
- Peak year (1984)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 66 years of records
Petronia by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (16 births, 37% of the file).
1980s was Petronia's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Petronia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
7 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s
1930s
10 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 16 births (37% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Petronia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~65 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, 1919–1984 (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 Petronia 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.