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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Petra” in the USA?

Number of people named “Petra” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Petra” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Petra” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Petra” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Petra” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Petra” by birth year

This chart shows how “Petra” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1881 10 0.000051897 10 100%
1882 9 0.000040626 9 100%
1883 9 0.000041485 9 100%
1884 9 0.000036967 9 100%
1885 15 0.000062278 15 100%
1886 19 0.000074418 19 100%
1887 17 0.000068717 17 100%
1888 24 0.000080141 24 100%
1889 24 0.000083061 24 100%
1890 18 0.000059721 18 100%
1891 18 0.000062789 18 100%
1892 24 0.000071776 24 100%
1893 23 0.000070721 23 100%
1894 42 0.000124007 42 100%
1895 27 0.000076919 27 100%
1896 33 0.000092312 33 100%
1897 24 0.000069173 24 100%
1898 26 0.00006816 26 100%
1899 22 0.000064852 22 100%
1900 40 0.000088838 40 100%
1901 37 0.000106995 37 100%
1902 37 0.000095673 37 100%
1903 26 0.000068206 26 100%
1904 43 0.000106571 43 100%
1905 43 0.000101434 43 100%
1906 40 0.00009336 40 100%
1907 51 0.000109586 51 100%
1908 40 0.000081858 40 100%
1909 50 0.000097804 50 100%
1910 65 0.000110037 65 100%
1911 62 0.000096232 62 100%
1912 63 0.000063761 63 100%
1913 85 0.000074751 85 100%
1914 111 0.000078371 111 100%
1915 120 0.000065487 120 100%
1916 99 0.000051178 99 100%
1917 123 0.000061293 123 100%
1918 139 0.000064023 134 5 93%
1919 145 0.000068712 145 100%
1920 158 0.00006983 152 6 92%
1921 166 0.000071107 166 100%
1922 189 0.000082563 189 100%
1923 168 0.000072965 168 100%
1924 192 0.000080618 187 5 95%
1925 189 0.000081001 189 100%
1926 174 0.000075787 174 100%
1927 205 0.000088387 197 8 92%
1928 189 0.000083594 182 7 93%
1929 192 0.000087585 187 5 95%
1930 181 0.000081411 176 5 94%
1931 173 0.000082209 168 5 94%
1932 141 0.000066784 141 100%
1933 120 0.000060017 120 100%
1934 139 0.000066929 139 100%
1935 106 0.00005072 106 100%
1936 115 0.000055353 115 100%
1937 127 0.000059606 121 6 91%
1938 117 0.00005288 117 100%
1939 106 0.000048107 106 100%
1940 108 0.000046902 108 100%
1941 81 0.000033245 81 100%
1942 97 0.000035507 97 100%
1943 103 0.000036492 103 100%
1944 103 0.000038289 103 100%
1945 93 0.000035056 93 100%
1946 116 0.000036303 116 100%
1947 115 0.000031924 115 100%
1948 136 0.000039392 131 5 93%
1949 113 0.000032427 113 100%
1950 130 0.000037107 130 100%
1951 98 0.000026603 98 100%
1952 88 0.00002317 88 100%
1953 115 0.000029842 115 100%
1954 103 0.000025875 103 100%
1955 100 0.000024906 100 100%
1956 118 0.00002862 118 100%
1957 109 0.000025939 109 100%
1958 92 0.000022255 92 100%
1959 106 0.000025493 106 100%
1960 137 0.000032982 137 100%
1961 99 0.0000239 99 100%
1962 116 0.000028746 116 100%
1963 113 0.000028548 113 100%
1964 138 0.000035497 138 100%
1965 156 0.000043029 156 100%
1966 130 0.000037403 130 100%
1967 124 0.000036525 124 100%
1968 134 0.000039664 134 100%
1969 113 0.000032515 113 100%
1970 130 0.000036046 130 100%
1971 130 0.000037875 130 100%
1972 117 0.000037226 117 100%
1973 127 0.000042096 122 5 92%
1974 120 0.000039474 120 100%
1975 101 0.00003345 101 100%
1976 123 0.000040537 123 100%
1977 101 0.000031796 101 100%
1978 120 0.000037809 120 100%
1979 101 0.000030358 101 100%
1980 116 0.000033677 116 100%
1981 86 0.00002486 86 100%
1982 67 0.000019099 67 100%
1983 96 0.000027719 96 100%
1984 89 0.000025511 89 100%
1985 91 0.000025497 91 100%
1986 75 0.000021085 75 100%
1987 111 0.000030785 111 100%
1988 79 0.00002138 79 100%
1989 73 0.000018988 73 100%
1990 76 0.000019228 76 100%
1991 83 0.000021308 78 5 88%
1992 87 0.000022649 87 100%
1993 90 0.000023871 90 100%
1994 94 0.000025285 94 100%
1995 81 0.000022118 81 100%
1996 85 0.000023306 85 100%
1997 84 0.000023168 84 100%
1998 78 0.000021206 78 100%
1999 70 0.00001895 70 100%
2000 91 0.000024075 91 100%
2001 91 0.00002431 91 100%
2002 80 0.0000214 80 100%
2003 80 0.00002104 80 100%
2004 89 0.000023293 89 100%
2005 122 0.000031731 122 100%
2006 101 0.00002553 101 100%
2007 124 0.000031018 124 100%
2008 133 0.000033837 133 100%
2009 135 0.000035339 135 100%
2010 99 0.000026788 99 100%
2011 118 0.00003226 118 100%
2012 122 0.000033357 122 100%
2013 134 0.000036756 134 100%
2014 145 0.000039122 145 100%
2015 176 0.000047556 176 100%
2016 158 0.000043067 158 100%
2017 165 0.000046138 165 100%
2018 144 0.000040957 144 100%
2019 172 0.000049554 172 100%
2020 175 0.000052386 175 100%
2021 151 0.00004457 151 100%
2022 140 0.000041382 140 100%
2023 149 0.000044999 149 100%
2024 147 0.000044164 147 100%

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