Petra
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Petra
A strong Greek name with pan-European charm, Petra is a relatively recent feminization of Peter, though it relates back to an incredible ancient city in Jordan that was rediscovered in the early nineteenth century.
Currently among the most popular girl names in Croatia, Hungary, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, Petra ranked in the US Top 1000 every year from 1880 to 1951, reaching a high of #493 in 1929.
There have been Petras in two European film classics: Ingmar Bergman's Smiles of a Summer Night and Rainer Werner Fassbinder's The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant. The most prominent Petra in recent years is gorgeous supermodel Petra Nemcova, who is also an international disaster relief activist. Petra is also the name of a famous Christian rock band.
Petra is also given to boys.
Pronounced PEH-truh.
As of October 2026, Petra ranked #1372 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #435 in 1894, Nameberry popularity #500.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,518 | 145 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #1,351 | 176 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #1,463 | 158 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #1,398 | 165 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #1,516 | 144 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #1,330 | 172 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #1,278 | 175 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #1,430 | 151 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #1,536 | 140 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #1,473 | 149 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #1,486 | 147 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #1,372 | 161 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Petra on lists
Famous Petras
- Petra BagustGirl
New Zealand TV presenter
- Petra CetkovskáGirl
Czech tennis player
- Petra CollinsGirl
Canadian photographer and artist
- Petra EcclestoneGirl
British,Croatian heiress and socialite
- Petra HadenGirl
American violinist and singer
- Petra KvitovaGirl
Czech tennis player
- Petra MartićGirl
Croatian tennis player
- Petra Linnea Paula Marklund aka SeptemberGirl
Swedish singer
- Petra Maria MedeGirl
Swedish comedienne, dancer and TV host
- Petra NemcovaGirl
Czech model
- Petra SchmidtGirl
Schaller, German actress
- Petra Hildegard Elisabeth SchürmannGirl
German actress, model; Miss World 1956
- Petra Charlotte VerkaikGirl
American model
- Petra YaredGirl
Australian actress
- Petra LindgrenGirl
Swedish rhythmic gymnast
Petra in pop culture
- PetraGirl
maid and confidante in Stephen Sondheim's "A Little Night Music"
- Petra ArkanianGirl
character in Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game series.
- Petra HoffmanGirl
minor character on Australian TV show "Dance Academy"
- Petra TaylorGirl
character on British soap "Brookside"
- Petra RalGirl
fictional character in the Japanese anime and manga series "Attack On Titan"
- Petra LarsenGirl
character on TV's "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."
- Petra SutherlandGirl
character in "Incendiary" by Chris Cleave
- Petra KronosGirl
main character in the Kronos Chronicles series
- Petra SolanoGirl
character on The CW's "Jane The Virgin"
- PetraGirl
character in the game "Minecraft Story Mode"
- Petra PenaGirl
main character in book "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera