Petula
About Petula
Swinging London songbird Petula Clark claims that this name was her father's invention; in any case it hasn't seen much copycat usage.
As of October 2026, Petula ranked #10779 in US births in 1977 SSA, peaked at #1933 in 1968.
Editor's take: The name Petula is a girl's name.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Petula on lists
Famous Petulas
- Petula Sally Olwen Clark
Welsh pop singer
- Petula Louise "Patty" Brard
Dutch,Indonesian singer of girl group Luv'
- Dawn Petula Butler
English MP
Petula in pop culture
- Petula Giordino
character on British TV's "Dinnerladies"
- Petula Kensington
character in "Ghostgirl" by Tonya Hurley
- Petula
character in "The Twists and Turns of Love" by Barbara Cartland
- Petula
character in movie "Beautiful Creatures"
- Petula
character on TV's "United States of Tara"
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sister of Pete in Disney comics
- Petula
dog in the Molly Moon series by Georgia Byng
- Petula Lorry
character in Batman comics
- Its form suggests a derivation from Latin petulantia 'sauciness
impudence'.