Petrina
Petrina is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 197199 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1900
- 2,107people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,107 girls have been named Petrina in the United States since 1900, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1971, with 99 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 99 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1970, and the 1970s alone account for 35%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Petrina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 11 | |
| 1910s | 100 | |
| 1920s | 163 | |
| 1930s | 77 | |
| 1940s | 121 | |
| 1950s | 194 | |
| 1960s | 362 | |
| 1970s | 746 | |
| 1980s | 203 | |
| 1990s | 74 | |
| 2000s | 47 | |
| 2010s | 9 |
In 1971, its biggest year
Petrina was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1971 were Jennifer, Michelle, Lisa, Kimberly and Amy. See all of 1971.
Names that rose and fell with Petrina
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Candidapeak 1971
- Devonapeak 1970
- Patrinapeak 1971
- Consuelapeak 1972
- Lawandapeak 1977
- Antoniettapeak 1969
- Marciepeak 1971
- Tobiepeak 1975
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.