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Petrina

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 2,233

Ireland

#565

1990 births

Petrina is a girl's name with 3 syllables. In 2011 it was given to 9 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1971, when 99 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1900.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.

Petrina over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1900s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2011, not a full ten years.

746
'00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Petrina by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1900s 11
1910s 100
1920s 163
1930s 77
1940s 121
1950s 194
1960s 362
1970s 746
1980s 203
1990s 74
2000s 47
2010s (to 2011) 9

How popular is Petrina?

In 2011, Petrina was given to 9 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Petrina is used

Ireland #565 3 in 1990
Canada #2,663 5 in 1992
England & Wales #6,661 3 in 2009
United States #11,650 9 in 2011

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Petrina

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

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Sibling names for Petrina

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Petrina — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Petrina

How popular is the name Petrina?

In 2011, Petrina was given to 9 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Petrina a girl's or a boy's name?

Petrina is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Petrina?

Petrina has 3 syllables.

When was Petrina most popular?

Petrina peaked in 1971, when 99 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.