Petronila — #11095 US girls' name
64 babies named Petronila in U.S. Social Security records since 1888, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 37% of names given to girls today.
28% of everyone ever named Petronila was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Petronila in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Petronila
The Social Security Administration has registered 64 babies named Petronila between 1888 and 2024, spanning 137 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Petronila currently holds the #11095 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Petronila performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Petronila shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Petronila in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Petronila 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 64 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.
Petronila at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Petronila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1888
- Peak year (2020)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 137 years of records
Currently ranks #11095 among girls.
64 total births across 137 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 10 births in a single year.
Petronila by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 18 births that decade — 28% of Petronila's all-time total
Petronila decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Petronila's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
Petronila by state
Where Petronila concentrates geographically — total births since 1888
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 9.4% |
6 of 64 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 9.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 9.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1888–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.